#BB9FC3#BB9FC3

#BB9FC3 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.060 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FC3
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 195)
HSL	hsl(287, 23%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(287, 18%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 18.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, 16.82, -14.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 22.30, 318.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0448 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.06 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7405, 39.3018, 56.9536)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FC3 #A7C39F

analogous

#A99FC3 #BB9FC3 #C39FB9

triadic

#BB9FC3 #C3BB9F #9FC3BB

tetradic

#BB9FC3 #C3A99F #A7C39F #9FB9C3

square

#BB9FC3 #C3A99F #A7C39F #9FB9C3

split-complementary

#BB9FC3 #B9C39F #9FC3A9

monochromatic

#83598F #A079AB #BB9FC3 #D6C5DB #F0EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BB9FC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BB9FC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FC3

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FC3	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA6C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.060 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbbd5',
    500: '#bb9fc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fc3;
$custom-light: #cfbbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73896,
    "c": 0.05968,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FC3

secondary

#DCE4DA

accent

#A24459

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FC3

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

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