#BB98BB#BB98BB

#BB98BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.064 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB98BB
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(300, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 19.15, -13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 23.25, 325.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% 0.0528 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.064 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6903, 36.6100, 51.9270)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB98BB #98BB98

analogous

#AA98BB #BB98BB #BB98AA

triadic

#BB98BB #BBBB98 #98BBBB

tetradic

#BB98BB #BBAA98 #98BB98 #98AABB

square

#BB98BB #BBAA98 #98BB98 #98AABB

split-complementary

#BB98BB #AABB98 #98BBAA

monochromatic

#825682 #A373A3 #BB98BB #D3BDD3 #ECE2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BB98BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#BB98BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB98BB

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB98BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB98BB	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb98bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.064 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb6cf',
    500: '#bb98bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb98bb;
$custom-light: #cfb6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb98bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 20.468,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72277,
    "c": 0.06354,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB98BB

secondary

#D2DDD2

accent

#9F4747

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB98BB

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

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