#BB97D3#BB97D3

#BB97D3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.093 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97D3
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 211)
HSL	hsl(276, 41%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(276, 28%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 28.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, 24.53, -25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 35.48, 313.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.0618 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.093 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.3160, 37.4017, 66.5527)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97D3 #AFD397

analogous

#9D97D3 #BB97D3 #D397CD

triadic

#BB97D3 #D3BB97 #97D3BB

tetradic

#BB97D3 #D39D97 #AFD397 #97CDD3

square

#BB97D3 #D39D97 #AFD397 #97CDD3

split-complementary

#BB97D3 #CDD397 #97D39D

monochromatic

#8247A8 #9F6CC1 #BB97D3 #D7C2E5 #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BB97D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BB97D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97D3

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97D3	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA3D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.093 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6e0',
    500: '#bb97d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97d3;
$custom-light: #d0b6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7301,
    "c": 0.09339,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97D3

secondary

#E1EBDB

accent

#B43266

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97D3

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

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