#BB98DB#BB98DB

#BB98DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.102 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB98DB
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 219)
HSL	hsl(271, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 30.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, 25.68, -29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 38.90, 311.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% 0.0625 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.102 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5056, 38.1361, 72.0205)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB98DB #B8DB98

analogous

#9998DB #BB98DB #DB98D9

triadic

#BB98DB #DBBB98 #98DBBB

tetradic

#BB98DB #DB9998 #B8DB98 #98D9DB

square

#BB98DB #DB9998 #B8DB98 #98D9DB

split-complementary

#BB98DB #D9DB98 #98DB99

monochromatic

#7F40B8 #9D6BCB #BB98DB #D9C5EB #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BB98DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BB98DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB98DB

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB98DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB98DB	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb98db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.102 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6e6',
    500: '#bb98db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb98db;
$custom-light: #d0b6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb98db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.343,
    "s": 48.201,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73526,
    "c": 0.10167,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB98DB

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BB2A6F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB98DB

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

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