#BB98BD#BB98BD

#BB98BD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.066 H 324.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB98BD
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 189)
HSL	hsl(297, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(297, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 19.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, 19.53, -14.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 24.15, 323.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% 0.0535 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.066 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9059, 36.6962, 53.0625)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB98BD #9ABD98

analogous

#A998BD #BB98BD #BD98AD

triadic

#BB98BD #BDBB98 #98BDBB

tetradic

#BB98BD #BDA998 #9ABD98 #98ADBD

square

#BB98BD #BDA998 #9ABD98 #98ADBD

split-complementary

#BB98BD #ADBD98 #98BDA9

monochromatic

#835585 #A273A5 #BB98BD #D4BDD5 #ECE3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BB98BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#BB98BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB98BD

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB98BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB98BD	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb98bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.066 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb6d1',
    500: '#bb98bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb98bd;
$custom-light: #cfb6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb98bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.757,
    "s": 21.893,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72349,
    "c": 0.06569,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB98BD

secondary

#D3DED2

accent

#A0454A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB98BD

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

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