#BB97D4#BB97D4

#BB97D4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.095 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97D4
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 212)
HSL	hsl(275, 41%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 29%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 28.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, 24.74, -26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 35.98, 313.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% 0.062 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.095 311)
XYZ	xyz(43.4417, 37.4520, 67.2150)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97D4 #B0D497

analogous

#9C97D4 #BB97D4 #D497CE

triadic

#BB97D4 #D4BB97 #97D4BB

tetradic

#BB97D4 #D49C97 #B0D497 #97CED4

square

#BB97D4 #D49C97 #B0D497 #97CED4

split-complementary

#BB97D4 #CED497 #97D49C

monochromatic

#8146AA #9F6CC2 #BB97D4 #D7C2E6 #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BB97D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#BB97D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97D4

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97D4	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA3D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99FAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.095 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6e1',
    500: '#bb97d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97d4;
$custom-light: #d0b6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.41,
    "s": 41.497,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73051,
    "c": 0.09463,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.37451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97D4

secondary

#E2EBDB

accent

#B53167

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97D4

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

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