#BB97D6#BB97D6

#BB97D6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.097 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97D6
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 214)
HSL	hsl(274, 43%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 29%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 29.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, 25.16, -27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 37.00, 312.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% 0.0626 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.097 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6956, 37.5535, 68.5519)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97D6 #B2D697

analogous

#9C97D6 #BB97D6 #D697D2

triadic

#BB97D6 #D6BB97 #97D6BB

tetradic

#BB97D6 #D69C97 #B2D697 #97D2D6

square

#BB97D6 #D69C97 #B2D697 #97D2D6

split-complementary

#BB97D6 #D2D697 #97D69C

monochromatic

#8145AE #9E6BC5 #BB97D6 #D8C3E7 #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BB97D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BB97D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97D6

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97D6	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA3D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A6D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89FAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.097 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6e2',
    500: '#bb97d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97d6;
$custom-light: #d0b6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 43.448,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73134,
    "c": 0.09712,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97D6

secondary

#E3ECDC

accent

#B72F69

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97D6

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

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