#BB96DC#BB96DC

#BB96DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.106 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96DC
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 220)
HSL	hsl(272, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 31.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, 27.01, -30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 40.70, 311.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% 0.0656 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.106 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.3157, 37.5452, 72.6086)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96DC #B7DC96

analogous

#9896DC #BB96DC #DC96DA

triadic

#BB96DC #DCBB96 #96DCBB

tetradic

#BB96DC #DC9896 #B7DC96 #96DADC

square

#BB96DC #DC9896 #B7DC96 #96DADC

split-complementary

#BB96DC #DADC96 #96DC98

monochromatic

#7F3EBA #9D68CD #BB96DC #D9C4EB #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BB96DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BB96DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96DC

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96DC	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.106 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5e7',
    500: '#bb96dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96dc;
$custom-light: #d0b5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.714,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73206,
    "c": 0.10637,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96DC

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BD286E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96DC

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

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