#BB9FC7#BB9FC7

#BB9FC7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.064 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FC7
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 199)
HSL	hsl(282, 26%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(282, 20%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 20.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, 17.61, -16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 24.25, 316.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% 0.0461 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.064 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.1989, 39.4851, 59.3674)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FC7 #ABC79F

analogous

#A79FC7 #BB9FC7 #C79FBF

triadic

#BB9FC7 #C7BB9F #9FC7BB

tetradic

#BB9FC7 #C7A79F #ABC79F #9FBFC7

square

#BB9FC7 #C7A79F #ABC79F #9FBFC7

split-complementary

#BB9FC7 #BFC79F #9FC7A7

monochromatic

#825795 #A078B0 #BB9FC7 #D6C6DE #F1ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BB9FC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BB9FC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FC7

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FC7	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AAC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.064 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbbd8',
    500: '#bb9fc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fc7;
$custom-light: #cfbbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 26.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74042,
    "c": 0.06444,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FC7

secondary

#DFE6DB

accent

#A5415F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FC7

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

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