#BB97F3#BB97F3

#BB97F3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.134 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97F3
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 243)
HSL	hsl(263, 79%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 38%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 37.9%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, 31.60, -41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 51.96, 307.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% 0.0695 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.134 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7342, 39.1690, 89.8222)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97F3 #CFF397

analogous

#97A1F3 #BB97F3 #E997F3

triadic

#BB97F3 #F3BB97 #97F3BB

tetradic

#BB97F3 #F397A1 #CFF397 #97F3E9

square

#BB97F3 #F397A1 #CFF397 #97F3E9

split-complementary

#BB97F3 #F3E997 #A1F397

monochromatic

#7329E6 #9760ED #BB97F3 #DFCEF9 #EDE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BB97F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#BB97F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97F3

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97F3	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A8F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A8F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.134 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6f7',
    500: '#bb97f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97f3;
$custom-light: #d1b6f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.478,
    "s": 79.31,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74425,
    "c": 0.13407,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97F3

secondary

#E9F4D7

accent

#DC0A8A

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97F3

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

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