#BB96DD#BB96DD

#BB96DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.108 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96DD
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 221)
HSL	hsl(271, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 32.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, 27.22, -30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 41.21, 311.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% 0.0659 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.108 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4486, 37.5983, 73.3082)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96DD #B8DD96

analogous

#9896DD #BB96DD #DD96DB

triadic

#BB96DD #DDBB96 #96DDBB

tetradic

#BB96DD #DD9896 #B8DD96 #96DBDD

square

#BB96DD #DD9896 #B8DD96 #96DBDD

split-complementary

#BB96DD #DBDD96 #96DD98

monochromatic

#7F3DBC #9D68CE #BB96DD #D9C4EC #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BB96DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BB96DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96DD

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96DD	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.108 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5e7',
    500: '#bb96dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96dd;
$custom-light: #d0b5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.268,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73249,
    "c": 0.10763,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96DD

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#BE2770

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96DD

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

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