#BB98CB#BB98CB

#BB98CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.082 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB98CB
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 203)
HSL	hsl(281, 33%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(281, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 25.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 22.31, -21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 30.83, 316.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0579 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.082 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4996, 37.3337, 61.4556)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB98CB #A8CB98

analogous

#A298CB #BB98CB #CB98C2

triadic

#BB98CB #CBBB98 #98CBBB

tetradic

#BB98CB #CBA298 #A8CB98 #98C2CB

square

#BB98CB #CBA298 #A8CB98 #98C2CB

split-complementary

#BB98CB #C2CB98 #98CBA2

monochromatic

#834E9B #A06FB6 #BB98CB #D6C1E0 #F1E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BB98CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#BB98CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB98CB

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB98CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB98CB	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb98cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.082 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6db',
    500: '#bb98cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb98cb;
$custom-light: #d0b6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb98cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.176,
    "s": 32.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72875,
    "c": 0.08183,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB98CB

secondary

#DDE7D8

accent

#AC3A5E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB98CB

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

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