#BB96E7#BB96E7

#BB96E7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.120 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96E7
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 231)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 35.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, 29.43, -35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 46.36, 309.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0683 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.12 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8207, 38.1472, 80.5350)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96E7 #C2E796

analogous

#969AE7 #BB96E7 #E396E7

triadic

#BB96E7 #E7BB96 #96E7BB

tetradic

#BB96E7 #E7969A #C2E796 #96E7E3

square

#BB96E7 #E7969A #C2E796 #96E7E3

split-complementary

#BB96E7 #E7E396 #9AE796

monochromatic

#7A32D0 #9B64DC #BB96E7 #DBC8F2 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BB96E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BB96E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96E7

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96E7	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A5EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.120 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5ef',
    500: '#bb96e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96e7;
$custom-light: #d0b5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.407,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73691,
    "c": 0.12033,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96E7

secondary

#E6F1DA

accent

#CB1B7A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96E7

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

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