#BB96D4#BB96D4

#BB96D4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.096 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96D4
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 212)
HSL	hsl(276, 42%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(276, 29%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 29.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, 25.30, -26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 36.63, 313.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% 0.0635 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.096 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2815, 37.1315, 67.1616)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96D4 #AFD496

analogous

#9C96D4 #BB96D4 #D496CE

triadic

#BB96D4 #D4BB96 #96D4BB

tetradic

#BB96D4 #D49C96 #AFD496 #96CED4

square

#BB96D4 #D49C96 #AFD496 #96CED4

split-complementary

#BB96D4 #CED496 #96D49C

monochromatic

#8246AA #9F6BC2 #BB96D4 #D7C1E6 #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BB96D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BB96D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96D4

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96D4	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA2D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99EAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.096 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5e1',
    500: '#bb96d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96d4;
$custom-light: #d0b5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.806,
    "s": 41.892,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72868,
    "c": 0.09638,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96D4

secondary

#E1EBDB

accent

#B53166

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96D4

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

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