#BB96C8#BB96C8

#BB96C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.082 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96C8
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 200)
HSL	hsl(284, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(284, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 25%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, 22.82, -20.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 30.68, 318.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.06 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.082 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8237, 36.5483, 59.4837)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96C8 #A3C896

analogous

#A296C8 #BB96C8 #C896BC

triadic

#BB96C8 #C8BB96 #96C8BB

tetradic

#BB96C8 #C8A296 #A3C896 #96BCC8

square

#BB96C8 #C8A296 #A3C896 #96BCC8

split-complementary

#BB96C8 #BCC896 #96C8A2

monochromatic

#834E95 #A16EB3 #BB96C8 #D5BEDD #EFE6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BB96C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#BB96C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96C8

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96C8	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A4C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.082 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5d8',
    500: '#bb96c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96c8;
$custom-light: #d0b5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.4,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72387,
    "c": 0.08184,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96C8

secondary

#D9E4D5

accent

#AA3C58

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96C8

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

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