#BB98BF#BB98BF

#BB98BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.068 H 322.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB98BF
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 191)
HSL	hsl(294, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(294, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 20.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, 19.92, -15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 25.07, 322.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% 0.0541 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.068 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.1245, 36.7837, 54.2137)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB98BF #9CBF98

analogous

#A898BF #BB98BF #BF98B0

triadic

#BB98BF #BFBB98 #98BFBB

tetradic

#BB98BF #BFA898 #9CBF98 #98B0BF

square

#BB98BF #BFA898 #9CBF98 #98B0BF

split-complementary

#BB98BF #B0BF98 #98BFA8

monochromatic

#835588 #A272A8 #BB98BF #D4BED6 #EDE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BB98BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#BB98BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB98BF

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB98BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB98BF	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb98bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.068 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb6d2',
    500: '#bb98bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb98bf;
$custom-light: #cfb6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb98bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.846,
    "s": 23.353,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72422,
    "c": 0.06788,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB98BF

secondary

#D5E0D3

accent

#A2444D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB98BF

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

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