#BB97E6#BB97E6

#BB97E6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.117 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97E6
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 230)
HSL	hsl(267, 61%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 34.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, 28.65, -34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 45.21, 309.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% 0.0667 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.117 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8402, 38.4113, 79.8468)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97E6 #C2E697

analogous

#979BE6 #BB97E6 #E397E6

triadic

#BB97E6 #E6BB97 #97E6BB

tetradic

#BB97E6 #E6979B #C2E697 #97E6E3

square

#BB97E6 #E6979B #C2E697 #97E6E3

split-complementary

#BB97E6 #E6E397 #9BE697

monochromatic

#7A34CE #9B66DA #BB97E6 #DBC8F2 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BB97E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BB97E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97E6

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97E6	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A5E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.117 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6ee',
    500: '#bb97e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97e6;
$custom-light: #d0b6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.342,
    "s": 61.24,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73825,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97E6

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C91D7A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97E6

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

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