#BB97BB#BB97BB

#BB97BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.065 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97BB
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(300, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, 19.71, -13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 23.92, 325.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% 0.0544 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.065 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5287, 36.2868, 51.8731)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97BB #97BB97

analogous

#A997BB #BB97BB #BB97A9

triadic

#BB97BB #BBBB97 #97BBBB

tetradic

#BB97BB #BBA997 #97BB97 #97A9BB

square

#BB97BB #BBA997 #97BB97 #97A9BB

split-complementary

#BB97BB #A9BB97 #97BBA9

monochromatic

#825582 #A372A3 #BB97BB #D3BCD3 #EBE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BB97BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#BB97BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97BB

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97BB	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.065 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb5cf',
    500: '#bb97bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97bb;
$custom-light: #cfb5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72089,
    "c": 0.06538,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97BB

secondary

#D1DDD1

accent

#9F4646

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97BB

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

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