#BB96CC#BB96CC

#BB96CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.087 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96CC
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 204)
HSL	hsl(281, 35%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(281, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 26.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, 23.63, -22.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 32.64, 316.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.0612 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.087 315)
XYZ	xyz(42.2972, 36.7378, 61.9779)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96CC #A7CC96

analogous

#A096CC #BB96CC #CC96C2

triadic

#BB96CC #CCBB96 #96CCBB

tetradic

#BB96CC #CCA096 #A7CC96 #96C2CC

square

#BB96CC #CCA096 #A7CC96 #96C2CC

split-complementary

#BB96CC #C2CC96 #96CCA0

monochromatic

#834C9C #A06DB8 #BB96CC #D6BFE0 #F0E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BB96CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#BB96CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96CC

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96CC	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.087 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5db',
    500: '#bb96cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96cc;
$custom-light: #d0b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.111,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72544,
    "c": 0.08661,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.36737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96CC

secondary

#DCE7D7

accent

#AD385D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96CC

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

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