#BB96D7#BB96D7

#BB96D7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.100 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96D7
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 215)
HSL	hsl(274, 45%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 30%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 30.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, 25.93, -27.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 38.15, 312.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% 0.0643 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.1 310)
XYZ	xyz(43.6634, 37.2843, 69.1732)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96D7 #B2D796

analogous

#9B96D7 #BB96D7 #D796D3

triadic

#BB96D7 #D7BB96 #96D7BB

tetradic

#BB96D7 #D79B96 #B2D796 #96D3D7

square

#BB96D7 #D79B96 #B2D796 #96D3D7

split-complementary

#BB96D7 #D3D796 #96D79B

monochromatic

#8143B0 #9E6AC6 #BB96D7 #D8C2E8 #F1E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BB96D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#BB96D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96D7

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96D7	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A5D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89FAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.100 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5e3',
    500: '#bb96d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96d7;
$custom-light: #d0b5e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.154,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72993,
    "c": 0.10011,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.37284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96D7

secondary

#E3EDDC

accent

#B82E69

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96D7

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

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