#BB98C8#BB98C8

#BB98C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.078 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB98C8
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 200)
HSL	hsl(284, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(284, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 24%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, 21.70, -19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 29.36, 317.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% 0.057 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.078 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1455, 37.1921, 59.5910)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB98C8 #A5C898

analogous

#A398C8 #BB98C8 #C898BD

triadic

#BB98C8 #C8BB98 #98C8BB

tetradic

#BB98C8 #C8A398 #A5C898 #98BDC8

square

#BB98C8 #C8A398 #A5C898 #98BDC8

split-complementary

#BB98C8 #BDC898 #98C8A3

monochromatic

#835096 #A170B3 #BB98C8 #D5C0DD #F0E8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BB98C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#BB98C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB98C8

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB98C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB98C8	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA5C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb98c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.078 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6d8',
    500: '#bb98c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb98c8;
$custom-light: #d0b6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb98c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.75,
    "s": 30.38,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72759,
    "c": 0.07824,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB98C8

secondary

#DBE5D7

accent

#A93C5A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB98C8

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

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