#BB96C2#BB96C2

#BB96C2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.075 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96C2
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 194)
HSL	hsl(290, 27%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(290, 23%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 22.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, 21.62, -17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 27.80, 321.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% 0.0582 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.075 321)
XYZ	xyz(41.1362, 36.2733, 55.8629)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96C2 #9DC296

analogous

#A596C2 #BB96C2 #C296B3

triadic

#BB96C2 #C2BB96 #96C2BB

tetradic

#BB96C2 #C2A596 #9DC296 #96B3C2

square

#BB96C2 #C2A596 #9DC296 #96B3C2

split-complementary

#BB96C2 #B3C296 #96C2A5

monochromatic

#83518C #A26FAC #BB96C2 #D4BDD8 #EDE3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BB96C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#BB96C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96C2

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96C2	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A0C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9AA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.075 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5d4',
    500: '#bb96c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96c2;
$custom-light: #d0b5d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.455,
    "s": 26.506,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72158,
    "c": 0.0749,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.36273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96C2

secondary

#D5E1D3

accent

#A54050

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96C2

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

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