#BB96CE#BB96CE

#BB96CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.089 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96CE
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 206)
HSL	hsl(280, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(280, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 27.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, 24.04, -23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 33.63, 315.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% 0.0618 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.089 314)
XYZ	xyz(42.5387, 36.8343, 63.2494)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96CE #A9CE96

analogous

#9F96CE #BB96CE #CE96C5

triadic

#BB96CE #CEBB96 #96CEBB

tetradic

#BB96CE #CE9F96 #A9CE96 #96C5CE

square

#BB96CE #CE9F96 #A9CE96 #96C5CE

split-complementary

#BB96CE #C5CE96 #96CE9F

monochromatic

#824A9F #A06CBB #BB96CE #D6C0E1 #F1E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BB96CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#BB96CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96CE

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96CE	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9DAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.089 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5dd',
    500: '#bb96ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96ce;
$custom-light: #d0b5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.643,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72624,
    "c": 0.08902,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.36834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96CE

secondary

#DDE8D8

accent

#AF365F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96CE

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

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