#BB98E4#BB98E4

#BB98E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.113 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB98E4
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 228)
HSL	hsl(268, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(268, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 33.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, 27.65, -33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 43.54, 309.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% 0.0648 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.113 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7225, 38.6229, 78.4300)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB98E4 #C1E498

analogous

#989BE4 #BB98E4 #E198E4

triadic

#BB98E4 #E4BB98 #98E4BB

tetradic

#BB98E4 #E4989B #C1E498 #98E4E1

square

#BB98E4 #E4989B #C1E498 #98E4E1

split-complementary

#BB98E4 #E4E198 #9BE498

monochromatic

#7B37CB #9B68D7 #BB98E4 #DBC8F1 #EFE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BB98E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BB98E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB98E4

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB98E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB98E4	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb98e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.113 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6ec',
    500: '#bb98e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb98e4;
$custom-light: #d0b6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb98e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.632,
    "s": 58.462,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73916,
    "c": 0.11315,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB98E4

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C61F79

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB98E4

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

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