#BB96DF#BB96DF

#BB96DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.110 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96DF
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 223)
HSL	hsl(270, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 32.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, 27.66, -31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 42.24, 310.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.0664 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.11 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7166, 37.7055, 74.7199)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96DF #BADF96

analogous

#9696DF #BB96DF #DF96DE

triadic

#BB96DF #DFBB96 #96DFBB

tetradic

#BB96DF #DF9696 #BADF96 #96DEDF

square

#BB96DF #DF9696 #BADF96 #96DEDF

split-complementary

#BB96DF #DEDF96 #96DF96

monochromatic

#7E3BC0 #9D67D1 #BB96DF #D9C5ED #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BB96DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BB96DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96DF

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96DF	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A4E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.110 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5e9',
    500: '#bb96df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96df;
$custom-light: #d0b5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.411,
    "s": 53.285,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73336,
    "c": 0.11015,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96DF

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#C12572

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96DF

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

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