#BB98E7#BB98E7

#BB98E7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.117 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB98E7
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 231)
HSL	hsl(267, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 34.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 28.32, -35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 45.09, 308.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% 0.0655 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.117 304)
XYZ	xyz(46.1426, 38.7909, 80.6423)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB98E7 #C4E798

analogous

#989DE7 #BB98E7 #E298E7

triadic

#BB98E7 #E7BB98 #98E7BB

tetradic

#BB98E7 #E7989D #C4E798 #98E7E2

square

#BB98E7 #E7989D #C4E798 #98E7E2

split-complementary

#BB98E7 #E7E298 #9DE798

monochromatic

#7935D0 #9A66DB #BB98E7 #DCCAF3 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB98E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BB98E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB98E7

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB98E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB98E7	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb98e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.117 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6ef',
    500: '#bb98e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb98e7;
$custom-light: #d0b6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb98e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.582,
    "s": 62.205,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7405,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.38791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB98E7

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CA1C7D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB98E7

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

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