#BB97F5#BB97F5

#BB97F5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.137 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97F5
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 245)
HSL	hsl(263, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(263, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 38.4%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, 32.07, -42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 53.00, 307.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% 0.0699 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.137 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.0379, 39.2904, 91.4215)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97F5 #D1F597

analogous

#97A2F5 #BB97F5 #EA97F5

triadic

#BB97F5 #F5BB97 #97F5BB

tetradic

#BB97F5 #F597A2 #D1F597 #97F5EA

square

#BB97F5 #F597A2 #D1F597 #97F5EA

split-complementary

#BB97F5 #F5EA97 #A2F597

monochromatic

#7227EA #965FF0 #BB97F5 #E0CFFA #EDE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BB97F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BB97F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97F5

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97F5	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A8F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A8F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.137 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6f9',
    500: '#bb97f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97f5;
$custom-light: #d1b6f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.979,
    "s": 82.456,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7452,
    "c": 0.13664,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97F5

secondary

#E9F4D7

accent

#DF078C

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97F5

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

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