#BB9FC0#BB9FC0

#BB9FC0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.056 H 321.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FC0
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 192)
HSL	hsl(291, 21%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(291, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, 16.23, -13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 20.87, 321.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% 0.0438 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.056 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4048, 39.1675, 55.1852)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FC0 #A4C09F

analogous

#AB9FC0 #BB9FC0 #C09FB5

triadic

#BB9FC0 #C0BB9F #9FC0BB

tetradic

#BB9FC0 #C0AB9F #A4C09F #9FB5C0

square

#BB9FC0 #C0AB9F #A4C09F #9FB5C0

split-complementary

#BB9FC0 #B5C09F #9FC0AB

monochromatic

#835B8A #A17AA8 #BB9FC0 #D5C4D8 #EFE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BB9FC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#BB9FC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FC0

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FC0	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA6C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.056 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbbd3',
    500: '#bb9fc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fc0;
$custom-light: #cfbbd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.909,
    "s": 20.755,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7379,
    "c": 0.05621,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FC0

secondary

#DAE2D9

accent

#9F4654

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FC0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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