#BB97CB#BB97CB

#BB97CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.084 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97CB
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 203)
HSL	hsl(282, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(282, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 25.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, 22.87, -21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 31.49, 316.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.0594 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.084 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.3379, 37.0105, 61.4017)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97CB #A7CB97

analogous

#A197CB #BB97CB #CB97C1

triadic

#BB97CB #CBBB97 #97CBBB

tetradic

#BB97CB #CBA197 #A7CB97 #97C1CB

square

#BB97CB #CBA197 #A7CB97 #97C1CB

split-complementary

#BB97CB #C1CB97 #97CBA1

monochromatic

#834D9A #A06EB7 #BB97CB #D6C0DF #F0E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BB97CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BB97CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97CB

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97CB	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.084 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6db',
    500: '#bb97cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97cb;
$custom-light: #d0b6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72689,
    "c": 0.08362,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97CB

secondary

#DCE6D7

accent

#AC395D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97CB

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

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