#BB97E5#BB97E5

#BB97E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.116 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97E5
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 229)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(268, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 34.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, 28.43, -34.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 44.69, 309.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% 0.0664 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.116 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7001, 38.3553, 79.1093)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97E5 #C1E597

analogous

#979AE5 #BB97E5 #E297E5

triadic

#BB97E5 #E5BB97 #97E5BB

tetradic

#BB97E5 #E5979A #C1E597 #97E5E2

square

#BB97E5 #E5979A #C1E597 #97E5E2

split-complementary

#BB97E5 #E5E297 #9AE597

monochromatic

#7B35CD #9B66D9 #BB97E5 #DBC8F1 #EFE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BB97E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BB97E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97E5

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97E5	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A5E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.116 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6ed',
    500: '#bb97e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97e5;
$custom-light: #d0b6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7378,
    "c": 0.1161,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97E5

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C81E79

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97E5

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

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