#BB97CD#BB97CD

#BB97CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.086 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97CD
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(280, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(280, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, 23.28, -22.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 32.48, 315.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.06 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.086 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5778, 37.1064, 62.6650)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97CD #A9CD97

analogous

#A097CD #BB97CD #CD97C4

triadic

#BB97CD #CDBB97 #97CDBB

tetradic

#BB97CD #CDA097 #A9CD97 #97C4CD

square

#BB97CD #CDA097 #A9CD97 #97C4CD

split-complementary

#BB97CD #C4CD97 #97CDA0

monochromatic

#824C9E #A06EB9 #BB97CD #D6C0E1 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BB97CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#BB97CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97CD

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97CD	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9DAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.086 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6dc',
    500: '#bb97cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97cd;
$custom-light: #d0b6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72768,
    "c": 0.08603,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97CD

secondary

#DDE8D8

accent

#AE385F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97CD

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

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