#BB98D2#BB98D2

#BB98D2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.090 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB98D2
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 210)
HSL	hsl(276, 39%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(276, 28%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 27.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, 23.76, -24.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 34.32, 313.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% 0.06 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.09 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.3526, 37.6749, 65.9484)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB98D2 #AFD298

analogous

#9E98D2 #BB98D2 #D298CC

triadic

#BB98D2 #D2BB98 #98D2BB

tetradic

#BB98D2 #D29E98 #AFD298 #98CCD2

square

#BB98D2 #D29E98 #AFD298 #98CCD2

split-complementary

#BB98D2 #CCD298 #98D29E

monochromatic

#8249A7 #9F6DBF #BB98D2 #D7C3E5 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BB98D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BB98D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB98D2

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB98D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB98D2	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA3D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A6D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99FAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb98d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.090 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6e0',
    500: '#bb98d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb98d2;
$custom-light: #d0b6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb98d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.207,
    "s": 39.189,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73153,
    "c": 0.0904,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB98D2

secondary

#E1EBDB

accent

#B23366

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB98D2

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

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