#BB97D2#BB97D2

#BB97D2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.092 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97D2
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 210)
HSL	hsl(277, 40%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(277, 28%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 28.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, 24.32, -25.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 34.97, 314.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.0615 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.092 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1910, 37.3517, 65.8946)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97D2 #AED297

analogous

#9D97D2 #BB97D2 #D297CB

triadic

#BB97D2 #D2BB97 #97D2BB

tetradic

#BB97D2 #D29D97 #AED297 #97CBD2

square

#BB97D2 #D29D97 #AED297 #97CBD2

split-complementary

#BB97D2 #CBD297 #97D29D

monochromatic

#8248A7 #9F6CC0 #BB97D2 #D7C2E4 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BB97D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#BB97D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97D2

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97D2	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA3D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99EAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.092 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6e0',
    500: '#bb97d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97d2;
$custom-light: #d0b6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.61,
    "s": 39.597,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72969,
    "c": 0.09215,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97D2

secondary

#E1EADA

accent

#B33365

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97D2

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

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