#BB97EF#BB97EF

#BB97EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.129 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97EF
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 239)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 36.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 30.68, -39.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 49.88, 307.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% 0.0687 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.129 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.1368, 38.9300, 86.6756)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97EF #CBEF97

analogous

#979FEF #BB97EF #E797EF

triadic

#BB97EF #EFBB97 #97EFBB

tetradic

#BB97EF #EF979F #CBEF97 #97EFE7

square

#BB97EF #EF979F #CBEF97 #97EFE7

split-complementary

#BB97EF #EFE797 #9FEF97

monochromatic

#762DDF #9862E7 #BB97EF #DECCF7 #EEE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BB97EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BB97EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97EF

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97EF	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A7F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.129 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6f4',
    500: '#bb97ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97ef;
$custom-light: #d1b6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.545,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74237,
    "c": 0.12893,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97EF

secondary

#E8F3D8

accent

#D51085

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97EF

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

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