#BB97DF#BB97DF

#BB97DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.108 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97DF
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 223)
HSL	hsl(270, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 32.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, 27.10, -31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 41.60, 310.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.065 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.108 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8769, 38.0260, 74.7733)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97DF #BBDF97

analogous

#9797DF #BB97DF #DF97DF

triadic

#BB97DF #DFBB97 #97DFBB

tetradic

#BB97DF #DF9797 #BBDF97 #97DFDF

square

#BB97DF #DF9797 #BBDF97 #97DFDF

split-complementary

#BB97DF #DFDF97 #97DF97

monochromatic

#7E3BC0 #9C68D1 #BB97DF #DAC6ED #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BB97DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BB97DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97DF

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97DF	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A4E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.108 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6e9',
    500: '#bb97df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97df;
$custom-light: #d0b6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73516,
    "c": 0.10846,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97DF

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C02573

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97DF

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

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