#BB97E8#BB97E8

#BB97E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.120 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97E8
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 232)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 34.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, 29.10, -35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 46.24, 308.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% 0.0671 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.12 304)
XYZ	xyz(46.1226, 38.5243, 81.3344)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97E8 #C4E897

analogous

#979BE8 #BB97E8 #E497E8

triadic

#BB97E8 #E8BB97 #97E8BB

tetradic

#BB97E8 #E8979B #C4E897 #97E8E4

square

#BB97E8 #E8979B #C4E897 #97E8E4

split-complementary

#BB97E8 #E8E497 #9BE897

monochromatic

#7933D2 #9A65DD #BB97E8 #DCC9F3 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BB97E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BB97E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97E8

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97E8	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.120 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6ef',
    500: '#bb97e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97e8;
$custom-light: #d0b6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 63.78,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73915,
    "c": 0.11994,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.38524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97E8

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CC1A7D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97E8

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

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