#BB96CD#BB96CD

#BB96CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.088 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96CD
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(280, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(280, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, 23.84, -23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 33.13, 316.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0615 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.088 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4176, 36.7859, 62.6116)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96CD #A8CD96

analogous

#A096CD #BB96CD #CD96C4

triadic

#BB96CD #CDBB96 #96CDBB

tetradic

#BB96CD #CDA096 #A8CD96 #96C4CD

square

#BB96CD #CDA096 #A8CD96 #96C4CD

split-complementary

#BB96CD #C4CD96 #96CDA0

monochromatic

#834B9E #A06DB9 #BB96CD #D6BFE1 #F1E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BB96CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#BB96CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96CD

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96CD	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.088 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5dc',
    500: '#bb96cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96cd;
$custom-light: #d0b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.364,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72584,
    "c": 0.08781,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96CD

secondary

#DDE7D8

accent

#AE375E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96CD

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

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