#BB97DB#BB97DB

#BB97DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.103 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97DB
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 219)
HSL	hsl(272, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 31.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 26.23, -29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 39.54, 311.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.0639 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.103 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.3439, 37.8129, 71.9666)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97DB #B7DB97

analogous

#9997DB #BB97DB #DB97D9

triadic

#BB97DB #DBBB97 #97DBBB

tetradic

#BB97DB #DB9997 #B7DB97 #97D9DB

square

#BB97DB #DB9997 #B7DB97 #97D9DB

split-complementary

#BB97DB #D9DB97 #97DB99

monochromatic

#7F40B8 #9D6ACB #BB97DB #D9C4EB #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BB97DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#BB97DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97DB

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97DB	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.103 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6e6',
    500: '#bb97db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97db;
$custom-light: #d0b6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73344,
    "c": 0.10339,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97DB

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BC2A6E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97DB

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

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