#BB96BF#BB96BF

#BB96BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.072 H 323.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96BF
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 191)
HSL	hsl(294, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(294, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 21.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, 21.03, -15.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 26.40, 322.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% 0.0572 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.072 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8027, 36.1399, 54.1064)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96BF #9ABF96

analogous

#A796BF #BB96BF #BF96AF

triadic

#BB96BF #BFBB96 #96BFBB

tetradic

#BB96BF #BFA796 #9ABF96 #96AFBF

square

#BB96BF #BFA796 #9ABF96 #96AFBF

split-complementary

#BB96BF #AFBF96 #96BFA7

monochromatic

#835388 #A270A8 #BB96BF #D4BCD6 #ECE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BB96BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#BB96BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96BF

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96BF	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9AA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.072 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb5d2',
    500: '#bb96bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96bf;
$custom-light: #cfb5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.146,
    "s": 24.26,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72046,
    "c": 0.07154,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96BF

secondary

#D3DFD2

accent

#A3434C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96BF

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

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