#BB97C5#BB97C5

#BB97C5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.077 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97C5
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 197)
HSL	hsl(287, 28%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(287, 23%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 23.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, 21.66, -18.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 28.56, 319.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% 0.0576 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.077 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6367, 36.7300, 57.7087)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97C5 #A1C597

analogous

#A497C5 #BB97C5 #C597B8

triadic

#BB97C5 #C5BB97 #97C5BB

tetradic

#BB97C5 #C5A497 #A1C597 #97B8C5

square

#BB97C5 #C5A497 #A1C597 #97B8C5

split-complementary

#BB97C5 #B8C597 #97C5A4

monochromatic

#835191 #A170AF #BB97C5 #D5BEDB #EEE6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BB97C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#BB97C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97C5

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97C5	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A1C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA5C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.077 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5d6',
    500: '#bb97c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97c5;
$custom-light: #d0b5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.957,
    "s": 28.395,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72458,
    "c": 0.07652,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97C5

secondary

#D8E3D5

accent

#A73E55

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97C5

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

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