#BB9FC2#BB9FC2

#BB9FC2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.059 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FC2
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 194)
HSL	hsl(288, 22%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(288, 18%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 18%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 16.62, -14.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 21.82, 319.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% 0.0445 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.059 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6279, 39.2567, 56.3602)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FC2 #A6C29F

analogous

#AA9FC2 #BB9FC2 #C29FB8

triadic

#BB9FC2 #C2BB9F #9FC2BB

tetradic

#BB9FC2 #C2AA9F #A6C29F #9FB8C2

square

#BB9FC2 #C2AA9F #A6C29F #9FB8C2

split-complementary

#BB9FC2 #B8C29F #9FC2AA

monochromatic

#835A8D #A07AAA #BB9FC2 #D6C4DA #F0EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BB9FC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BB9FC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FC2

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FC2	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA6C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.059 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbbd4',
    500: '#bb9fc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fc2;
$custom-light: #cfbbd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 22.293,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73861,
    "c": 0.05851,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FC2

secondary

#DBE3D9

accent

#A14557

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FC2

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

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