#BB98E2#BB98E2

#BB98E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.111 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB98E2
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 226)
HSL	hsl(268, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(268, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 32.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, 27.20, -32.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 42.50, 309.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% 0.0643 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.111 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4465, 38.5125, 76.9762)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB98E2 #BFE298

analogous

#989AE2 #BB98E2 #E098E2

triadic

#BB98E2 #E2BB98 #98E2BB

tetradic

#BB98E2 #E2989A #BFE298 #98E2E0

square

#BB98E2 #E2989A #BFE298 #98E2E0

split-complementary

#BB98E2 #E2E098 #9AE298

monochromatic

#7C38C7 #9B68D5 #BB98E2 #DBC8EF #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BB98E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BB98E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB98E2

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB98E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB98E2	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb98e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.111 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6eb',
    500: '#bb98e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb98e2;
$custom-light: #d0b6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb98e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.378,
    "s": 56.061,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73828,
    "c": 0.11059,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB98E2

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C42277

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB98E2

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

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