#BB97DD#BB97DD

#BB97DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.106 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97DD
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 221)
HSL	hsl(271, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 31.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, 26.67, -30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 40.57, 311.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.0644 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.106 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.6088, 37.9188, 73.3616)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97DD #B9DD97

analogous

#9897DD #BB97DD #DD97DC

triadic

#BB97DD #DDBB97 #97DDBB

tetradic

#BB97DD #DD9897 #B9DD97 #97DCDD

square

#BB97DD #DD9897 #B9DD97 #97DCDD

split-complementary

#BB97DD #DCDD97 #97DD98

monochromatic

#7F3DBC #9D69CE #BB97DD #D9C5EC #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BB97DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BB97DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97DD

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97DD	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.106 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6e7',
    500: '#bb97dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97dd;
$custom-light: #d0b6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.857,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7343,
    "c": 0.10592,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97DD

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#BE2771

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97DD

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

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