#BB97EC#BB97EC

#BB97EC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.125 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97EC
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 236)
HSL	hsl(265, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 36%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, 30.00, -37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 48.32, 308.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% 0.068 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.125 303)
XYZ	xyz(46.6973, 38.7542, 84.3608)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97EC #C8EC97

analogous

#979DEC #BB97EC #E697EC

triadic

#BB97EC #ECBB97 #97ECBB

tetradic

#BB97EC #EC979D #C8EC97 #97ECE6

square

#BB97EC #EC979D #C8EC97 #97ECE6

split-complementary

#BB97EC #ECE697 #9DEC97

monochromatic

#7730D9 #9963E3 #BB97EC #DDCBF5 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB97EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BB97EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97EC

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97EC	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.125 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6f2',
    500: '#bb97ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97ec;
$custom-light: #d1b6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.412,
    "s": 69.106,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74098,
    "c": 0.12507,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.38754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97EC

secondary

#E7F2D9

accent

#D11481

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97EC

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

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