#BB98E9#BB98E9

#BB98E9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.120 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB98E9
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 233)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 34.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 28.76, -36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 46.13, 308.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% 0.0659 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.12 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4267, 38.9045, 82.1385)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB98E9 #C6E998

analogous

#989DE9 #BB98E9 #E398E9

triadic

#BB98E9 #E9BB98 #98E9BB

tetradic

#BB98E9 #E9989D #C6E998 #98E9E3

square

#BB98E9 #E9989D #C6E998 #98E9E3

split-complementary

#BB98E9 #E9E398 #9DE998

monochromatic

#7833D3 #9A66DE #BB98E9 #DCCAF4 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BB98E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BB98E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB98E9

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB98E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB98E9	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb98e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.120 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6f0',
    500: '#bb98e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb98e9;
$custom-light: #d0b6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb98e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.926,
    "s": 64.8,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7414,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB98E9

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CD197F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB98E9

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

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