#BB9FC5#BB9FC5

#BB9FC5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.062 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FC5
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 197)
HSL	hsl(284, 25%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(284, 19%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 19.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, 17.21, -15.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 23.27, 317.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% 0.0455 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.062 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.9682, 39.3929, 58.1525)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FC5 #A9C59F

analogous

#A89FC5 #BB9FC5 #C59FBC

triadic

#BB9FC5 #C5BB9F #9FC5BB

tetradic

#BB9FC5 #C5A89F #A9C59F #9FBCC5

square

#BB9FC5 #C5A89F #A9C59F #9FBCC5

split-complementary

#BB9FC5 #BCC59F #9FC5A8

monochromatic

#825892 #A079AE #BB9FC5 #D6C5DC #F1EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BB9FC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BB9FC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FC5

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FC5	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA7C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A9C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.062 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbbd6',
    500: '#bb9fc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fc5;
$custom-light: #cfbbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.211,
    "s": 24.675,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73969,
    "c": 0.06204,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FC5

secondary

#DDE5DB

accent

#A3425C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FC5

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

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