#BB97E9#BB97E9

#BB97E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.121 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97E9
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 233)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 35.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, 29.32, -36.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 46.76, 308.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% 0.0674 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.121 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.2651, 38.5813, 82.0846)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97E9 #C5E997

analogous

#979CE9 #BB97E9 #E497E9

triadic

#BB97E9 #E9BB97 #97E9BB

tetradic

#BB97E9 #E9979C #C5E997 #97E9E4

square

#BB97E9 #E9979C #C5E997 #97E9E4

split-complementary

#BB97E9 #E9E497 #9CE997

monochromatic

#7932D4 #9A64DE #BB97E9 #DCCAF4 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BB97E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BB97E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97E9

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97E9	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.121 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6f0',
    500: '#bb97e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97e9;
$custom-light: #d0b6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.341,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7396,
    "c": 0.12123,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97E9

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CD197E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97E9

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

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