#BB97E4#BB97E4

#BB97E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.115 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97E4
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 228)
HSL	hsl(268, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(268, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 33.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, 28.20, -34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 44.17, 309.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% 0.0662 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.115 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5609, 38.2997, 78.3761)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97E4 #C0E497

analogous

#979AE4 #BB97E4 #E297E4

triadic

#BB97E4 #E4BB97 #97E4BB

tetradic

#BB97E4 #E4979A #C0E497 #97E4E2

square

#BB97E4 #E4979A #C0E497 #97E4E2

split-complementary

#BB97E4 #E4E297 #9AE497

monochromatic

#7B36CB #9B66D7 #BB97E4 #DBC8F1 #EFE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BB97E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BB97E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97E4

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97E4	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.115 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6ec',
    500: '#bb97e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97e4;
$custom-light: #d0b6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.052,
    "s": 58.779,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73736,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97E4

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C61F78

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97E4

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

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