#BB97E1#BB97E1

#BB97E1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.111 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97E1
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 225)
HSL	hsl(269, 55%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 33%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 32.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, 27.54, -32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 42.63, 310.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.0655 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.111 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1481, 38.1345, 76.2018)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97E1 #BDE197

analogous

#9798E1 #BB97E1 #E097E1

triadic

#BB97E1 #E1BB97 #97E1BB

tetradic

#BB97E1 #E19798 #BDE197 #97E1E0

square

#BB97E1 #E19798 #BDE197 #97E1E0

split-complementary

#BB97E1 #E1E097 #98E197

monochromatic

#7D39C5 #9C67D3 #BB97E1 #DAC6EF #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BB97E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BB97E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97E1

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97E1	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.111 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6ea',
    500: '#bb97e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97e1;
$custom-light: #d0b6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.189,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73603,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97E1

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C32375

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97E1

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

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