#BB97EB#BB97EB

#BB97EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.124 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97EB
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 235)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(266, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 35.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, 29.77, -37.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 47.80, 308.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% 0.0678 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.124 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5524, 38.6962, 83.5978)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97EB #C7EB97

analogous

#979DEB #BB97EB #E597EB

triadic

#BB97EB #EBBB97 #97EBBB

tetradic

#BB97EB #EB979D #C7EB97 #97EBE5

square

#BB97EB #EB979D #C7EB97 #97EBE5

split-complementary

#BB97EB #EBE597 #9DEB97

monochromatic

#7830D7 #9964E1 #BB97EB #DDCAF5 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB97EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BB97EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97EB

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97EB	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.124 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6f1',
    500: '#bb97eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97eb;
$custom-light: #d0b6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74052,
    "c": 0.12379,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97EB

secondary

#E7F2D9

accent

#D01680

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97EB

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

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