#BB97BF#BB97BF

#BB97BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.070 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97BF
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 191)
HSL	hsl(294, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(294, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 20.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, 20.48, -15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 25.73, 322.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% 0.0557 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.07 323)
XYZ	xyz(40.9629, 36.4604, 54.1598)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97BF #9BBF97

analogous

#A797BF #BB97BF #BF97AF

triadic

#BB97BF #BFBB97 #97BFBB

tetradic

#BB97BF #BFA797 #9BBF97 #97AFBF

square

#BB97BF #BFA797 #9BBF97 #97AFBF

split-complementary

#BB97BF #AFBF97 #97BFA7

monochromatic

#835488 #A271A8 #BB97BF #D4BDD6 #EDE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BB97BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#BB97BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97BF

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97BF	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.070 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb5d2',
    500: '#bb97bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97bf;
$custom-light: #cfb5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72234,
    "c": 0.06971,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.3646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97BF

secondary

#D4DFD3

accent

#A2434D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97BF

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

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