#BB97B4#BB97B4

#BB97B4 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.058 H 332.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97B4
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 180)
HSL	hsl(312, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(312, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 18.39, -9.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 20.92, 331.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% 0.052 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.058 332.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7976, 35.9943, 48.0223)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97B4 #97BB9E

analogous

#B097BB #BB97B4 #BB97A2

triadic

#BB97B4 #B4BB97 #97B4BB

tetradic

#BB97B4 #BBB097 #97BB9E #97A2BB

square

#BB97B4 #BBB097 #97BB9E #97A2BB

split-complementary

#BB97B4 #A2BB97 #97BBB0

monochromatic

#82557A #A37299 #BB97B4 #D3BCCF #EBE1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BB97B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#BB97B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97B4

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97B4	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979FB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF99A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.058 332.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb5ca',
    500: '#bb97b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97b4;
$custom-light: #cfb5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 311.667,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71843,
    "c": 0.05833,
    "h": 332.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97B4

secondary

#D1DDD3

accent

#9F5846

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97B4

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

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