#BB98F8#BB98F8

#BB98F8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.139 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB98F8
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 248)
HSL	hsl(262, 87%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(262, 39%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 38.7%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, 32.21, -43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 53.93, 306.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% 0.0691 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.139 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.6612, 39.7984, 93.9069)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB98F8 #D5F898

analogous

#98A5F8 #BB98F8 #EB98F8

triadic

#BB98F8 #F8BB98 #98F8BB

tetradic

#BB98F8 #F898A5 #D5F898 #98F8EB

square

#BB98F8 #F898A5 #D5F898 #98F8EB

split-complementary

#BB98F8 #F8EB98 #A5F898

monochromatic

#6F25F0 #955FF4 #BB98F8 #E1D1FC #ECE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BB98F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BB98F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB98F8

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB98F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB98F8	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA9FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A9F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb98f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.139 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6fb',
    500: '#bb98f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb98f8;
$custom-light: #d1b6fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb98f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.875,
    "s": 87.273,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7484,
    "c": 0.1389,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB98F8

secondary

#EAF5D6

accent

#E40291

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB98F8

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

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