#BB97CE#BB97CE

#BB97CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.087 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97CE
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 206)
HSL	hsl(279, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(279, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 26.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, 23.49, -23.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 32.97, 315.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.0603 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.087 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.6989, 37.1548, 63.3028)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97CE #AACE97

analogous

#A097CE #BB97CE #CE97C5

triadic

#BB97CE #CEBB97 #97CEBB

tetradic

#BB97CE #CEA097 #AACE97 #97C5CE

square

#BB97CE #CEA097 #AACE97 #97C5CE

split-complementary

#BB97CE #C5CE97 #97CEA0

monochromatic

#824B9F #A06DBA #BB97CE #D6C1E2 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BB97CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BB97CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97CE

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97CE	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.087 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6dd',
    500: '#bb97ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97ce;
$custom-light: #d0b6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.273,
    "s": 35.948,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72808,
    "c": 0.08724,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97CE

secondary

#DEE8D9

accent

#AF3760

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97CE

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

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