#BB98CC#BB98CC

#BB98CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.083 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB98CC
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 204)
HSL	hsl(280, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(280, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 25.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, 22.52, -21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 31.32, 315.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0582 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.083 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6191, 37.3815, 62.0852)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB98CC #A9CC98

analogous

#A198CC #BB98CC #CC98C3

triadic

#BB98CC #CCBB98 #98CCBB

tetradic

#BB98CC #CCA198 #A9CC98 #98C3CC

square

#BB98CC #CCA198 #A9CC98 #98C3CC

split-complementary

#BB98CC #C3CC98 #98CCA1

monochromatic

#824D9C #A06FB8 #BB98CC #D6C1E0 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BB98CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BB98CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB98CC

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB98CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB98CC	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb98cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.083 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6db',
    500: '#bb98cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb98cc;
$custom-light: #d0b6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb98cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.385,
    "s": 33.766,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72914,
    "c": 0.08304,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB98CC

secondary

#DDE7D9

accent

#AD395F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB98CC

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

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