#BB97DE#BB97DE

#BB97DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.107 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97DE
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 222)
HSL	hsl(270, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 32%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 26.88, -31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 41.08, 310.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% 0.0647 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.107 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7424, 37.9723, 74.0654)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97DE #BADE97

analogous

#9797DE #BB97DE #DE97DD

triadic

#BB97DE #DEBB97 #97DEBB

tetradic

#BB97DE #DE9797 #BADE97 #97DDDE

square

#BB97DE #DE9797 #BADE97 #97DDDE

split-complementary

#BB97DE #DDDE97 #97DE97

monochromatic

#7E3CBE #9D69CF #BB97DE #D9C5ED #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BB97DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BB97DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97DE

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97DE	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.107 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6e8',
    500: '#bb97de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97de;
$custom-light: #d0b6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.423,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73473,
    "c": 0.10719,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97DE

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#BF2672

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97DE

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

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