#BB97F2#BB97F2

#BB97F2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.133 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97F2
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 242)
HSL	hsl(264, 78%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 38%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 37.6%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, 31.37, -40.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 51.44, 307.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% 0.0693 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.133 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5837, 39.1087, 89.0291)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97F2 #CEF297

analogous

#97A1F2 #BB97F2 #E897F2

triadic

#BB97F2 #F2BB97 #97F2BB

tetradic

#BB97F2 #F297A1 #CEF297 #97F2E8

square

#BB97F2 #F297A1 #CEF297 #97F2E8

split-complementary

#BB97F2 #F2E897 #A1F297

monochromatic

#742AE4 #9761EB #BB97F2 #DFCDF9 #EDE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BB97F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BB97F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97F2

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97F2	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A7F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A8F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.133 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6f6',
    500: '#bb97f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97f2;
$custom-light: #d1b6f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.736,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74378,
    "c": 0.13278,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97F2

secondary

#E8F3D8

accent

#DA0B88

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FE

border

#D2D0D6

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97F2

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

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