#BB97C3#BB97C3

#BB97C3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.074 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97C3
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 195)
HSL	hsl(289, 27%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(289, 23%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 22.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, 21.26, -17.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 27.61, 320.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% 0.057 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.074 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.4091, 36.6389, 56.5098)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97C3 #9FC397

analogous

#A597C3 #BB97C3 #C397B5

triadic

#BB97C3 #C3BB97 #97C3BB

tetradic

#BB97C3 #C3A597 #9FC397 #97B5C3

square

#BB97C3 #C3A597 #9FC397 #97B5C3

split-complementary

#BB97C3 #B5C397 #97C3A5

monochromatic

#83528E #A270AD #BB97C3 #D4BED9 #EEE5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BB97C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#BB97C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97C3

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97C3	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A1C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9BA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.074 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb5d5',
    500: '#bb97c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97c3;
$custom-light: #cfb5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 26.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72382,
    "c": 0.07422,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97C3

secondary

#D7E2D4

accent

#A54053

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97C3

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

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