#BB97BD#BB97BD

#BB97BD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.068 H 324.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97BD
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 189)
HSL	hsl(297, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(297, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, 20.09, -14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 24.82, 324.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% 0.055 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.068 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7443, 36.3730, 53.0086)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97BD #99BD97

analogous

#A897BD #BB97BD #BD97AC

triadic

#BB97BD #BDBB97 #97BDBB

tetradic

#BB97BD #BDA897 #99BD97 #97ACBD

square

#BB97BD #BDA897 #99BD97 #97ACBD

split-complementary

#BB97BD #ACBD97 #97BDA8

monochromatic

#835485 #A372A5 #BB97BD #D3BCD5 #ECE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BB97BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#BB97BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97BD

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97BD	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9AA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.068 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb5d1',
    500: '#bb97bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97bd;
$custom-light: #cfb5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.842,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72161,
    "c": 0.06752,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97BD

secondary

#D2DED2

accent

#A1454A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97BD

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

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