#BB9FC4#BB9FC4

#BB9FC4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.061 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FC4
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 196)
HSL	hsl(285, 24%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(285, 19%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 18.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, 17.01, -15.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 22.78, 318.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% 0.0451 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.061 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.8540, 39.3472, 57.5511)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FC4 #A8C49F

analogous

#A99FC4 #BB9FC4 #C49FBB

triadic

#BB9FC4 #C4BB9F #9FC4BB

tetradic

#BB9FC4 #C4A99F #A8C49F #9FBBC4

square

#BB9FC4 #C4A99F #A8C49F #9FBBC4

split-complementary

#BB9FC4 #BBC49F #9FC4A9

monochromatic

#835990 #A079AD #BB9FC4 #D6C5DB #F1EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BB9FC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#BB9FC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FC4

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FC4	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA7C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.061 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbbd6',
    500: '#bb9fc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fc4;
$custom-light: #cfbbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.405,
    "s": 23.871,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73933,
    "c": 0.06086,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FC4

secondary

#DDE5DA

accent

#A2435A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FC4

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

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