#BB97CC#BB97CC

#BB97CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.085 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97CC
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 204)
HSL	hsl(281, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(281, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 26%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, 23.07, -22.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 31.98, 316.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% 0.0597 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.085 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4575, 37.0583, 62.0313)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97CC #A8CC97

analogous

#A197CC #BB97CC #CC97C3

triadic

#BB97CC #CCBB97 #97CCBB

tetradic

#BB97CC #CCA197 #A8CC97 #97C3CC

square

#BB97CC #CCA197 #A8CC97 #97C3CC

split-complementary

#BB97CC #C3CC97 #97CCA1

monochromatic

#834D9C #A06EB8 #BB97CC #D6C0E0 #F1E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BB97CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BB97CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97CC

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97CC	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9DAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.085 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6db',
    500: '#bb97cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97cc;
$custom-light: #d0b6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.755,
    "s": 34.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72729,
    "c": 0.08482,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97CC

secondary

#DDE7D8

accent

#AD385E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97CC

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

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