#BB97DA#BB97DA

#BB97DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.102 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97DA
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 218)
HSL	hsl(272, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 30.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, 26.02, -29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 39.03, 311.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% 0.0637 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.102 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2127, 37.7604, 71.2754)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97DA #B6DA97

analogous

#9A97DA #BB97DA #DA97D8

triadic

#BB97DA #DABB97 #97DABB

tetradic

#BB97DA #DA9A97 #B6DA97 #97D8DA

square

#BB97DA #DA9A97 #B6DA97 #97D8DA

split-complementary

#BB97DA #D8DA97 #97DA9A

monochromatic

#8041B6 #9D6ACA #BB97DA #D9C4EA #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BB97DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BB97DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97DA

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97DA	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.102 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6e5',
    500: '#bb97da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97da;
$custom-light: #d0b6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.239,
    "s": 47.518,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73302,
    "c": 0.10213,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97DA

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BB2B6D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97DA

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

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