#BB97C8#BB97C8

#BB97C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.080 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97C8
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 200)
HSL	hsl(284, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(284, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 24.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, 22.26, -20.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 30.02, 317.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% 0.0585 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.08 317)
XYZ	xyz(41.9839, 36.8688, 59.5371)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97C8 #A4C897

analogous

#A397C8 #BB97C8 #C897BD

triadic

#BB97C8 #C8BB97 #97C8BB

tetradic

#BB97C8 #C8A397 #A4C897 #97BDC8

square

#BB97C8 #C8A397 #A4C897 #97BDC8

split-complementary

#BB97C8 #BDC897 #97C8A3

monochromatic

#834F96 #A16FB3 #BB97C8 #D5BFDD #EFE7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BB97C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#BB97C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97C8

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97C8	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9CA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.080 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5d8',
    500: '#bb97c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97c8;
$custom-light: #d0b5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.082,
    "s": 30.818,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72573,
    "c": 0.08004,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.36868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97C8

secondary

#DAE5D6

accent

#AA3C59

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97C8

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

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