#BB96BC#BB96BC

#BB96BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.068 H 325.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96BC
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(298, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(298, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, 20.45, -14.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 25.03, 324.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.0562 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.068 325.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4759, 36.0092, 52.3855)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96BC #97BC96

analogous

#A896BC #BB96BC #BC96AA

triadic

#BB96BC #BCBB96 #96BCBB

tetradic

#BB96BC #BCA896 #97BC96 #96AABC

square

#BB96BC #BCA896 #97BC96 #96AABC

split-complementary

#BB96BC #AABC96 #96BCA8

monochromatic

#825484 #A371A4 #BB96BC #D3BBD4 #EBE1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BB96BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#BB96BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96BC

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96BC	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD99A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.068 325.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb5d0',
    500: '#bb96bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96bc;
$custom-light: #cfb5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.421,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71937,
    "c": 0.06828,
    "h": 325.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96BC

secondary

#D1DDD1

accent

#A14547

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96BC

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

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