#BB97E7#BB97E7

#BB97E7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.119 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97E7
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 231)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 34.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, 28.87, -35.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 45.73, 309.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0669 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.119 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9810, 38.4677, 80.5884)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97E7 #C3E797

analogous

#979BE7 #BB97E7 #E397E7

triadic

#BB97E7 #E7BB97 #97E7BB

tetradic

#BB97E7 #E7979B #C3E797 #97E7E3

square

#BB97E7 #E7979B #C3E797 #97E7E3

split-complementary

#BB97E7 #E7E397 #9BE797

monochromatic

#7A34D0 #9A65DC #BB97E7 #DCC9F2 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BB97E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BB97E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97E7

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97E7	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.119 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6ef',
    500: '#bb97e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97e7;
$custom-light: #d0b6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7387,
    "c": 0.11867,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97E7

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CA1B7B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97E7

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

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