#BB98EE#BB98EE

#BB98EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.126 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB98EE
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 238)
HSL	hsl(264, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 36.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, 29.90, -38.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 48.73, 307.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% 0.0671 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.126 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.1511, 39.1943, 85.9536)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB98EE #CBEE98

analogous

#98A0EE #BB98EE #E698EE

triadic

#BB98EE #EEBB98 #98EEBB

tetradic

#BB98EE #EE98A0 #CBEE98 #98EEE6

square

#BB98EE #EE98A0 #CBEE98 #98EEE6

split-complementary

#BB98EE #EEE698 #A0EE98

monochromatic

#762FDD #9863E5 #BB98EE #DECDF7 #EEE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BB98EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BB98EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB98EE

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB98EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB98EE	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb98ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.126 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6f4',
    500: '#bb98ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb98ee;
$custom-light: #d1b6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb98ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.419,
    "s": 71.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74368,
    "c": 0.12601,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB98EE

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D41285

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB98EE

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

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