#BB96BD#BB96BD

#BB96BD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.069 H 324.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96BD
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 189)
HSL	hsl(297, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(297, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 20.65, -14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 25.48, 324.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% 0.0566 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.069 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5841, 36.0525, 52.9552)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96BD #98BD96

analogous

#A896BD #BB96BD #BD96AC

triadic

#BB96BD #BDBB96 #96BDBB

tetradic

#BB96BD #BDA896 #98BD96 #96ACBD

square

#BB96BD #BDA896 #98BD96 #96ACBD

split-complementary

#BB96BD #ACBD96 #96BDA8

monochromatic

#825485 #A370A5 #BB96BD #D3BCD5 #ECE1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BB96BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BB96BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96BD

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96BD	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD99A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.069 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb5d1',
    500: '#bb96bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96bd;
$custom-light: #cfb5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.923,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71973,
    "c": 0.06936,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96BD

secondary

#D2DED1

accent

#A14449

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96BD

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

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