#BB97BE#BB97BE

#BB97BE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.069 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97BE
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 190)
HSL	hsl(295, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(295, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 20.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, 20.28, -15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 25.27, 323.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% 0.0553 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.069 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8532, 36.4166, 53.5822)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97BE #9ABE97

analogous

#A897BE #BB97BE #BE97AE

triadic

#BB97BE #BEBB97 #97BEBB

tetradic

#BB97BE #BEA897 #9ABE97 #97AEBE

square

#BB97BE #BEA897 #9ABE97 #97AEBE

split-complementary

#BB97BE #AEBE97 #97BEA8

monochromatic

#835487 #A271A6 #BB97BE #D4BDD6 #ECE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BB97BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#BB97BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97BE

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97BE	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9AA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.069 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb5d1',
    500: '#bb97be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97be;
$custom-light: #cfb5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72197,
    "c": 0.06861,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97BE

secondary

#D3DFD2

accent

#A2444B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97BE

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

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