#BB98EF#BB98EF

#BB98EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.127 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB98EF
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 239)
HSL	hsl(264, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 36.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 30.13, -38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 49.25, 307.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% 0.0673 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.127 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.2984, 39.2532, 86.7294)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB98EF #CCEF98

analogous

#98A1EF #BB98EF #E798EF

triadic

#BB98EF #EFBB98 #98EFBB

tetradic

#BB98EF #EF98A1 #CCEF98 #98EFE7

square

#BB98EF #EF98A1 #CCEF98 #98EFE7

split-complementary

#BB98EF #EFE798 #A1EF98

monochromatic

#752EDF #9863E7 #BB98EF #DECDF7 #EEE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BB98EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BB98EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB98EF

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB98EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB98EF	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb98ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.127 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6f4',
    500: '#bb98ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb98ef;
$custom-light: #d1b6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb98ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.138,
    "s": 73.109,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74414,
    "c": 0.12729,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB98EF

secondary

#E8F3D8

accent

#D51086

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB98EF

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

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