#BB96BB#BB96BB

#BB96BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.067 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96BB
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(300, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, 20.26, -13.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 24.58, 325.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% 0.0559 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.067 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3685, 35.9663, 51.8197)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96BB #96BB96

analogous

#A896BB #BB96BB #BB96A8

triadic

#BB96BB #BBBB96 #96BBBB

tetradic

#BB96BB #BBA896 #96BB96 #96A8BB

square

#BB96BB #BBA896 #96BB96 #96A8BB

split-complementary

#BB96BB #A8BB96 #96BBA8

monochromatic

#825482 #A371A3 #BB96BB #D3BBD3 #EBE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BB96BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BB96BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96BB

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96BB	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD99A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.067 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb5cf',
    500: '#bb96bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96bb;
$custom-light: #cfb5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.719,
    "c": 0.06722,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96BB

secondary

#D0DCD0

accent

#A04646

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96BB

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

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