#BB98DD#BB98DD

#BB98DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.104 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB98DD
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 221)
HSL	hsl(270, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 31.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, 26.11, -30.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 39.93, 310.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% 0.063 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.104 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7704, 38.2420, 73.4155)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB98DD #BADD98

analogous

#9898DD #BB98DD #DD98DC

triadic

#BB98DD #DDBB98 #98DDBB

tetradic

#BB98DD #DD9898 #BADD98 #98DCDD

square

#BB98DD #DD9898 #BADD98 #98DCDD

split-complementary

#BB98DD #DCDD98 #98DD98

monochromatic

#7E3EBC #9D6ACE #BB98DD #D9C6EC #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BB98DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BB98DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB98DD

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB98DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB98DD	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb98dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.104 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6e7',
    500: '#bb98dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb98dd;
$custom-light: #d0b6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb98dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.435,
    "s": 50.365,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73612,
    "c": 0.10421,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB98DD

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BE2872

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB98DD

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

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