#BB97CA#BB97CA

#BB97CA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.082 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97CA
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 202)
HSL	hsl(282, 32%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(282, 25%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 25.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, 22.67, -21.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 30.99, 317.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% 0.0591 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.082 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2192, 36.9629, 60.7761)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97CA #A6CA97

analogous

#A297CA #BB97CA #CA97C0

triadic

#BB97CA #CABB97 #97CABB

tetradic

#BB97CA #CAA297 #A6CA97 #97C0CA

square

#BB97CA #CAA297 #A6CA97 #97C0CA

split-complementary

#BB97CA #C0CA97 #97CAA2

monochromatic

#834E99 #A06EB5 #BB97CA #D6C0DF #F0E8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BB97CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#BB97CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97CA

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97CA	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.082 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5da',
    500: '#bb97ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97ca;
$custom-light: #d0b5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.353,
    "s": 32.484,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7265,
    "c": 0.08242,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97CA

secondary

#DBE6D7

accent

#AB3A5B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97CA

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

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