#BB96D9#BB96D9

#BB96D9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.103 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96D9
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 217)
HSL	hsl(273, 47%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 30.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 26.36, -28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 39.17, 312.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% 0.0649 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.103 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9220, 37.3877, 70.5349)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96D9 #B4D996

analogous

#9A96D9 #BB96D9 #D996D6

triadic

#BB96D9 #D9BB96 #96D9BB

tetradic

#BB96D9 #D99A96 #B4D996 #96D6D9

square

#BB96D9 #D99A96 #B4D996 #96D6D9

split-complementary

#BB96D9 #D6D996 #96D99A

monochromatic

#8041B4 #9E69C9 #BB96D9 #D8C3E9 #F0E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BB96D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BB96D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96D9

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96D9	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A5D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89FAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.103 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5e5',
    500: '#bb96d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96d9;
$custom-light: #d0b5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.134,
    "s": 46.853,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73077,
    "c": 0.1026,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96D9

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BA2B6B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96D9

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

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