#BB96D6#BB96D6

#BB96D6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.099 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96D6
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 214)
HSL	hsl(275, 44%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 30%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 29.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, 25.72, -27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 37.64, 313.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.0641 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.099 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5353, 37.2330, 68.4985)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96D6 #B1D696

analogous

#9B96D6 #BB96D6 #D696D1

triadic

#BB96D6 #D6BB96 #96D6BB

tetradic

#BB96D6 #D69B96 #B1D696 #96D1D6

square

#BB96D6 #D69B96 #B1D696 #96D1D6

split-complementary

#BB96D6 #D1D696 #96D69B

monochromatic

#8144AE #9E6AC5 #BB96D6 #D8C2E7 #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BB96D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#BB96D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96D6

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96D6	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA2D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A5D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89EAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.099 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5e2',
    500: '#bb96d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96d6;
$custom-light: #d0b5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.688,
    "s": 43.836,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72951,
    "c": 0.09885,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96D6

secondary

#E3ECDC

accent

#B72F68

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96D6

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

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