#BB96BE#BB96BE

#BB96BE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.070 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96BE
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 190)
HSL	hsl(296, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(296, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 21.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, 20.84, -15.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 25.94, 323.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% 0.0569 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.07 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6930, 36.0961, 53.5288)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96BE #99BE96

analogous

#A796BE #BB96BE #BE96AD

triadic

#BB96BE #BEBB96 #96BEBB

tetradic

#BB96BE #BEA796 #99BE96 #96ADBE

square

#BB96BE #BEA796 #99BE96 #96ADBE

split-complementary

#BB96BE #ADBE96 #96BEA7

monochromatic

#835386 #A370A7 #BB96BE #D3BCD5 #ECE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BB96BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BB96BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96BE

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96BE	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9AA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.070 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb5d1',
    500: '#bb96be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96be;
$custom-light: #cfb5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.5,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72009,
    "c": 0.07045,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96BE

secondary

#D2DED1

accent

#A2444B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96BE

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

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