#BB96FF#BB96FF

#BB96FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.151 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB96FF
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 255)
HSL	hsl(261, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(261, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 41.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, 34.97, -47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 58.82, 306.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% 0.0731 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.151 299)
XYZ	xyz(49.4457, 39.5972, 99.6264)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB96FF #DAFF96

analogous

#96A6FF #BB96FF #F096FF

triadic

#BB96FF #FFBB96 #96FFBB

tetradic

#BB96FF #FF96A6 #DAFF96 #96FFF0

square

#BB96FF #FF96A6 #DAFF96 #96FFF0

split-complementary

#BB96FF #FFF096 #A6FF96

monochromatic

#6C1CFF #9359FF #BB96FF #E3D3FF #EBE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BB96FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BB96FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB96FF

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB96FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB96FF	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A8FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb96ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.151 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b5ff',
    500: '#bb96ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb96ff;
$custom-light: #d1b5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb96ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.143,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74835,
    "c": 0.15104,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.39597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB96FF

secondary

#EBF7D4

accent

#E60095

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB96FF

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

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