#BB97BA#BB97BA

#BB97BA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.064 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97BA
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 186)
HSL	hsl(302, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(302, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 19.52, -13.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 23.47, 326.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% 0.054 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.064 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4220, 36.2441, 51.3113)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97BA #97BB98

analogous

#AA97BB #BB97BA #BB97A8

triadic

#BB97BA #BABB97 #97BABB

tetradic

#BB97BA #BBAA97 #97BB98 #97A8BB

square

#BB97BA #BBAA97 #97BB98 #97A8BB

split-complementary

#BB97BA #A8BB97 #97BBAA

monochromatic

#825581 #A372A1 #BB97BA #D3BCD3 #EBE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BB97BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#BB97BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97BA

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97BA	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.064 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb5ce',
    500: '#bb97ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97ba;
$custom-light: #cfb5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.667,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72053,
    "c": 0.06433,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97BA

secondary

#D1DDD1

accent

#9F4946

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97BA

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

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