#BB96EB#BB96EB

#BB96EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.125 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96EB
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 235)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 36.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 30.33, -37.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 48.43, 308.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0692 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.125 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.3921, 38.3757, 83.5444)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96EB #C6EB96

analogous

#969BEB #BB96EB #E696EB

triadic

#BB96EB #EBBB96 #96EBBB

tetradic

#BB96EB #EB969B #C6EB96 #96EBE6

square

#BB96EB #EB969B #C6EB96 #96EBE6

split-complementary

#BB96EB #EBE696 #9BEB96

monochromatic

#782FD7 #9A63E1 #BB96EB #DCC9F5 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BB96EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BB96EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96EB

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96EB	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.125 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5f1',
    500: '#bb96eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96eb;
$custom-light: #d0b5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.118,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73874,
    "c": 0.12544,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96EB

secondary

#E7F2D9

accent

#D0167F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96EB

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

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