#BB98DC#BB98DC

#BB98DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.103 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB98DC
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 220)
HSL	hsl(271, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 30.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, 25.89, -29.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 39.41, 311.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% 0.0627 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.103 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.6376, 38.1889, 72.7159)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB98DC #B9DC98

analogous

#9998DC #BB98DC #DC98DB

triadic

#BB98DC #DCBB98 #98DCBB

tetradic

#BB98DC #DC9998 #B9DC98 #98DBDC

square

#BB98DC #DC9998 #B9DC98 #98DBDC

split-complementary

#BB98DC #DBDC98 #98DC99

monochromatic

#7F3FBA #9D6ACC #BB98DC #D9C6EC #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BB98DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BB98DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB98DC

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB98DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB98DC	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb98dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.103 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6e7',
    500: '#bb98dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb98dc;
$custom-light: #d0b6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb98dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.882,
    "s": 49.275,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73569,
    "c": 0.10294,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB98DC

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BD2971

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB98DC

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

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