#BB98E5#BB98E5

#BB98E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.114 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB98E5
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 229)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 33.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, 27.87, -34.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 44.05, 309.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% 0.065 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.114 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8618, 38.6786, 79.1632)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB98E5 #C2E598

analogous

#989CE5 #BB98E5 #E298E5

triadic

#BB98E5 #E5BB98 #98E5BB

tetradic

#BB98E5 #E5989C #C2E598 #98E5E2

square

#BB98E5 #E5989C #C2E598 #98E5E2

split-complementary

#BB98E5 #E5E298 #9CE598

monochromatic

#7A36CC #9B67D9 #BB98E5 #DBC9F1 #EFE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB98E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BB98E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB98E5

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB98E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB98E5	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A6E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb98e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.114 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6ed',
    500: '#bb98e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb98e5;
$custom-light: #d0b6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb98e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 59.69,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7396,
    "c": 0.11443,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB98E5

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C71E7A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB98E5

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

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