#BB97D0#BB97D0

#BB97D0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.090 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97D0
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 208)
HSL	hsl(278, 38%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(278, 27%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 27.4%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, 23.90, -24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 33.97, 314.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0609 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.09 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9434, 37.2526, 64.5905)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97D0 #ACD097

analogous

#9E97D0 #BB97D0 #D097C8

triadic

#BB97D0 #D0BB97 #97D0BB

tetradic

#BB97D0 #D09E97 #ACD097 #97C8D0

square

#BB97D0 #D09E97 #ACD097 #97C8D0

split-complementary

#BB97D0 #C8D097 #97D09E

monochromatic

#824AA3 #9F6DBD #BB97D0 #D7C1E3 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BB97D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#BB97D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97D0

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97D0	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA2D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.090 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6de',
    500: '#bb97d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97d0;
$custom-light: #d0b6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 37.748,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72888,
    "c": 0.08969,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97D0

secondary

#DFE9DA

accent

#B13562

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97D0

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

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