#BB98CD#BB98CD

#BB98CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.084 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB98CD
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 205)
HSL	hsl(280, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(280, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 25.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 22.72, -22.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 31.82, 315.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.0585 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.084 314)
XYZ	xyz(42.7394, 37.4296, 62.7189)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB98CD #AACD98

analogous

#A198CD #BB98CD #CD98C4

triadic

#BB98CD #CDBB98 #98CDBB

tetradic

#BB98CD #CDA198 #AACD98 #98C4CD

square

#BB98CD #CDA198 #AACD98 #98C4CD

split-complementary

#BB98CD #C4CD98 #98CDA1

monochromatic

#824D9E #A06FB9 #BB98CD #D6C1E1 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BB98CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#BB98CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB98CD

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB98CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB98CD	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb98cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.084 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6dc',
    500: '#bb98cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb98cd;
$custom-light: #d0b6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb98cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.623,
    "s": 34.641,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72953,
    "c": 0.08425,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.37429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB98CD

secondary

#DEE8D9

accent

#AD3860

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB98CD

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

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