#BB96E2#BB96E2

#BB96E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.114 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96E2
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 226)
HSL	hsl(269, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 33.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, 28.32, -33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 43.78, 310.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% 0.0671 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.114 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1247, 37.8687, 76.8689)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96E2 #BDE296

analogous

#9697E2 #BB96E2 #E196E2

triadic

#BB96E2 #E2BB96 #96E2BB

tetradic

#BB96E2 #E29697 #BDE296 #96E2E1

square

#BB96E2 #E29697 #BDE296 #96E2E1

split-complementary

#BB96E2 #E2E196 #97E296

monochromatic

#7D37C7 #9C66D5 #BB96E2 #DAC6EF #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BB96E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BB96E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96E2

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96E2	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.114 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5eb',
    500: '#bb96e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96e2;
$custom-light: #d0b5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.211,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73467,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96E2

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C42175

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96E2

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

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