#BB9FC8#BB9FC8

#BB9FC8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.066 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FC8
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 200)
HSL	hsl(281, 27%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(281, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 20.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 17.81, -17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 24.74, 316.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% 0.0465 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.066 315)
XYZ	xyz(43.3153, 39.5317, 59.9809)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FC8 #ACC89F

analogous

#A69FC8 #BB9FC8 #C89FC0

triadic

#BB9FC8 #C8BB9F #9FC8BB

tetradic

#BB9FC8 #C8A69F #ACC89F #9FC0C8

square

#BB9FC8 #C8A69F #ACC89F #9FC0C8

split-complementary

#BB9FC8 #C0C89F #9FC8A6

monochromatic

#825696 #9F78B2 #BB9FC8 #D7C6DE #F1ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BB9FC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BB9FC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FC8

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FC8	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AAC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.066 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbbd8',
    500: '#bb9fc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fc8;
$custom-light: #cfbbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.976,
    "s": 27.152,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74079,
    "c": 0.06566,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.39531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FC8

secondary

#DFE7DC

accent

#A64060

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FC8

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

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