#BB97E2#BB97E2

#BB97E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.112 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97E2
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 226)
HSL	hsl(269, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 33.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, 27.76, -33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 43.14, 310.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% 0.0657 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.112 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2849, 38.1892, 76.9223)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97E2 #BEE297

analogous

#9799E2 #BB97E2 #E197E2

triadic

#BB97E2 #E2BB97 #97E2BB

tetradic

#BB97E2 #E29799 #BEE297 #97E2E1

square

#BB97E2 #E29799 #BEE297 #97E2E1

split-complementary

#BB97E2 #E2E197 #99E297

monochromatic

#7C38C7 #9C67D5 #BB97E2 #DAC7EF #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BB97E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BB97E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97E2

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97E2	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.112 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6eb',
    500: '#bb97e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97e2;
$custom-light: #d0b6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 56.391,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73647,
    "c": 0.11227,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97E2

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C42276

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97E2

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

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