#BB97ED#BB97ED

#BB97ED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.126 H 302.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97ED
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 237)
HSL	hsl(265, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 36.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, 30.23, -38.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 48.84, 308.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% 0.0683 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.126 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8430, 38.8125, 85.1281)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97ED #C9ED97

analogous

#979EED #BB97ED #E697ED

triadic

#BB97ED #EDBB97 #97EDBB

tetradic

#BB97ED #ED979E #C9ED97 #97EDE6

square

#BB97ED #ED979E #C9ED97 #97EDE6

split-complementary

#BB97ED #EDE697 #9EED97

monochromatic

#772FDB #9963E4 #BB97ED #DDCBF6 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BB97ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BB97ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97ED

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97ED	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.126 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6f3',
    500: '#bb97ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97ed;
$custom-light: #d1b6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.116,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74144,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97ED

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D31382

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97ED

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

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