#BB97D7#BB97D7

#BB97D7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.098 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97D7
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 215)
HSL	hsl(274, 44%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 30%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 29.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 25.37, -27.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 37.50, 312.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% 0.0629 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.098 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8237, 37.6048, 69.2266)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97D7 #B3D797

analogous

#9B97D7 #BB97D7 #D797D3

triadic

#BB97D7 #D7BB97 #97D7BB

tetradic

#BB97D7 #D79B97 #B3D797 #97D3D7

square

#BB97D7 #D79B97 #B3D797 #97D3D7

split-complementary

#BB97D7 #D3D797 #97D79B

monochromatic

#8144B0 #9E6BC6 #BB97D7 #D8C3E8 #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BB97D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BB97D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97D7

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97D7	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A6D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.098 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6e3',
    500: '#bb97d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97d7;
$custom-light: #d0b6e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73175,
    "c": 0.09837,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97D7

secondary

#E4EDDD

accent

#B82E6A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97D7

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

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