#BB96D2#BB96D2

#BB96D2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.094 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96D2
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 210)
HSL	hsl(277, 40%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(277, 29%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 28.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, 24.87, -25.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 35.63, 314.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% 0.063 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.094 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0308, 37.0312, 65.8411)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96D2 #ADD296

analogous

#9D96D2 #BB96D2 #D296CB

triadic

#BB96D2 #D2BB96 #96D2BB

tetradic

#BB96D2 #D29D96 #ADD296 #96CBD2

square

#BB96D2 #D29D96 #ADD296 #96CBD2

split-complementary

#BB96D2 #CBD296 #96D29D

monochromatic

#8247A6 #9F6BC0 #BB96D2 #D7C1E4 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BB96D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BB96D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96D2

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96D2	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA2D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.094 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5e0',
    500: '#bb96d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96d2;
$custom-light: #d0b5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72786,
    "c": 0.09391,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96D2

secondary

#E0EADA

accent

#B33264

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96D2

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

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