#BB96E6#BB96E6

#BB96E6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.119 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96E6
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 230)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(268, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 34.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 29.20, -35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 45.84, 309.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% 0.0681 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.119 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.6799, 38.0908, 79.7933)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96E6 #C1E696

analogous

#9699E6 #BB96E6 #E396E6

triadic

#BB96E6 #E6BB96 #96E6BB

tetradic

#BB96E6 #E69699 #C1E696 #96E6E3

square

#BB96E6 #E69699 #C1E696 #96E6E3

split-complementary

#BB96E6 #E6E396 #99E696

monochromatic

#7B33CE #9B65DA #BB96E6 #DBC7F2 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BB96E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BB96E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96E6

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96E6	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A5E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.119 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5ee',
    500: '#bb96e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96e6;
$custom-light: #d0b5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.75,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73646,
    "c": 0.11905,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96E6

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C91C79

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96E6

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

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