#BB98C2#BB98C2

#BB98C2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.071 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB98C2
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 194)
HSL	hsl(290, 26%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(290, 22%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 21.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, 20.51, -16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 26.47, 320.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% 0.0551 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.071 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4580, 36.9171, 55.9702)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB98C2 #9FC298

analogous

#A698C2 #BB98C2 #C298B4

triadic

#BB98C2 #C2BB98 #98C2BB

tetradic

#BB98C2 #C2A698 #9FC298 #98B4C2

square

#BB98C2 #C2A698 #9FC298 #98B4C2

split-complementary

#BB98C2 #B4C298 #98C2A6

monochromatic

#83538C #A272AB #BB98C2 #D4BED9 #EEE5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BB98C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#BB98C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB98C2

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB98C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB98C2	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A1C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA5C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb98c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.071 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb6d4',
    500: '#bb98c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb98c2;
$custom-light: #cfb6d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb98c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 25.61,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72532,
    "c": 0.07126,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB98C2

secondary

#D7E1D4

accent

#A44152

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB98C2

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

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