#BB97C2#BB97C2

#BB97C2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.073 H 320.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97C2
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 194)
HSL	hsl(290, 26%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(290, 22%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 22.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, 21.07, -17.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 27.14, 320.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% 0.0566 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.073 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2964, 36.5938, 55.9163)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97C2 #9EC297

analogous

#A697C2 #BB97C2 #C297B3

triadic

#BB97C2 #C2BB97 #97C2BB

tetradic

#BB97C2 #C2A697 #9EC297 #97B3C2

square

#BB97C2 #C2A697 #9EC297 #97B3C2

split-complementary

#BB97C2 #B3C297 #97C2A6

monochromatic

#83528C #A270AB #BB97C2 #D4BED9 #EDE4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BB97C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#BB97C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97C2

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97C2	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A0C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9BA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.073 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb5d4',
    500: '#bb97c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97c2;
$custom-light: #cfb5d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.233,
    "s": 26.061,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72345,
    "c": 0.07307,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97C2

secondary

#D6E1D4

accent

#A54151

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97C2

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

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