#BB97D8#BB97D8

#BB97D8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.100 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97D8
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 216)
HSL	hsl(273, 45%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 30.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 25.59, -28.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 38.01, 312.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% 0.0631 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.1 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.9526, 37.6563, 69.9054)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97D8 #B4D897

analogous

#9B97D8 #BB97D8 #D897D5

triadic

#BB97D8 #D8BB97 #97D8BB

tetradic

#BB97D8 #D89B97 #B4D897 #97D5D8

square

#BB97D8 #D89B97 #B4D897 #97D5D8

split-complementary

#BB97D8 #D5D897 #97D89B

monochromatic

#8043B2 #9E6AC7 #BB97D8 #D8C4E9 #F0E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BB97D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BB97D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97D8

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97D8	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A6D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.100 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6e4',
    500: '#bb97d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97d8;
$custom-light: #d0b6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.231,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73217,
    "c": 0.09962,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97D8

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#B92D6B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97D8

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

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