#BB97DC#BB97DC

#BB97DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.105 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97DC
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 220)
HSL	hsl(271, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 31.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, 26.45, -30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 40.06, 311.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% 0.0642 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.105 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4760, 37.8657, 72.6620)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97DC #B8DC97

analogous

#9897DC #BB97DC #DC97DB

triadic

#BB97DC #DCBB97 #97DCBB

tetradic

#BB97DC #DC9897 #B8DC97 #97DBDC

square

#BB97DC #DC9897 #B8DC97 #97DBDC

split-complementary

#BB97DC #DBDC97 #97DC98

monochromatic

#7F3FBA #9D69CD #BB97DC #D9C5EB #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BB97DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BB97DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97DC

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97DC	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.105 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6e7',
    500: '#bb97dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97dc;
$custom-light: #d0b6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73387,
    "c": 0.10466,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97DC

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BD2970

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97DC

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

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