#BB96DE#BB96DE

#BB96DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.109 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96DE
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 222)
HSL	hsl(271, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 32.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, 27.44, -31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 41.72, 311.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% 0.0662 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.109 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5822, 37.6518, 74.0120)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96DE #B9DE96

analogous

#9796DE #BB96DE #DE96DD

triadic

#BB96DE #DEBB96 #96DEBB

tetradic

#BB96DE #DE9796 #B9DE96 #96DDDE

square

#BB96DE #DE9796 #B9DE96 #96DDDE

split-complementary

#BB96DE #DDDE96 #96DE97

monochromatic

#7F3CBE #9D67CF #BB96DE #D9C5ED #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BB96DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BB96DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96DE

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96DE	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.109 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5e8',
    500: '#bb96de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96de;
$custom-light: #d0b5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.833,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73292,
    "c": 0.10889,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96DE

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#C02671

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96DE

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

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