#BB97EE#BB97EE

#BB97EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.128 H 302.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97EE
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 238)
HSL	hsl(265, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 36.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, 30.45, -38.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 49.36, 308.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0685 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.128 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9895, 38.8711, 85.8997)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97EE #CAEE97

analogous

#979FEE #BB97EE #E797EE

triadic

#BB97EE #EEBB97 #97EEBB

tetradic

#BB97EE #EE979F #CAEE97 #97EEE7

square

#BB97EE #EE979F #CAEE97 #97EEE7

split-complementary

#BB97EE #EEE797 #9FEE97

monochromatic

#762EDD #9962E5 #BB97EE #DDCCF7 #EEE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BB97EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BB97EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97EE

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97EE	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.128 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6f4',
    500: '#bb97ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97ee;
$custom-light: #d1b6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7419,
    "c": 0.12764,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97EE

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D41284

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97EE

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

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