#BB98E6#BB98E6

#BB98E6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.116 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB98E6
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 230)
HSL	hsl(267, 61%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 33.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 28.09, -34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 44.57, 309.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% 0.0652 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.116 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0018, 38.7346, 79.9006)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB98E6 #C3E698

analogous

#989CE6 #BB98E6 #E298E6

triadic

#BB98E6 #E6BB98 #98E6BB

tetradic

#BB98E6 #E6989C #C3E698 #98E6E2

square

#BB98E6 #E6989C #C3E698 #98E6E2

split-complementary

#BB98E6 #E6E298 #9CE698

monochromatic

#7A36CE #9A67DA #BB98E6 #DCC9F2 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB98E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BB98E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB98E6

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB98E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB98E6	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb98e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.116 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6ee',
    500: '#bb98e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb98e6;
$custom-light: #d0b6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb98e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.923,
    "s": 60.937,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74005,
    "c": 0.11571,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB98E6

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C91D7C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB98E6

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

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