#BB96EF#BB96EF

#BB96EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.131 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96EF
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 239)
HSL	hsl(265, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 37.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, 31.24, -39.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 50.50, 308.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% 0.0701 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.131 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9765, 38.6095, 86.6222)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96EF #CAEF96

analogous

#969EEF #BB96EF #E896EF

triadic

#BB96EF #EFBB96 #96EFBB

tetradic

#BB96EF #EF969E #CAEF96 #96EFE8

square

#BB96EF #EF969E #CAEF96 #96EFE8

split-complementary

#BB96EF #EFE896 #9EEF96

monochromatic

#762CDF #9961E7 #BB96EF #DDCBF7 #EEE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BB96EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BB96EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96EF

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96EF	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A6F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.131 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b5f4',
    500: '#bb96ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96ef;
$custom-light: #d1b5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.944,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7406,
    "c": 0.13055,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96EF

secondary

#E8F3D8

accent

#D61083

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96EF

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

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