#BB97F8#BB97F8

#BB97F8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.140 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97F8
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 248)
HSL	hsl(262, 87%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(262, 39%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 39.1%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 32.76, -43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 54.56, 306.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% 0.0705 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.14 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.4996, 39.4751, 93.8531)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97F8 #D4F897

analogous

#97A3F8 #BB97F8 #EB97F8

triadic

#BB97F8 #F8BB97 #97F8BB

tetradic

#BB97F8 #F897A3 #D4F897 #97F8EB

square

#BB97F8 #F897A3 #D4F897 #97F8EB

split-complementary

#BB97F8 #F8EB97 #A3F897

monochromatic

#7024F0 #965EF4 #BB97F8 #E0D0FC #ECE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BB97F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BB97F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97F8

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97F8	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA8FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A8F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.140 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6fb',
    500: '#bb97f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97f8;
$custom-light: #d1b6fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.268,
    "s": 87.387,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74664,
    "c": 0.14049,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97F8

secondary

#EAF5D6

accent

#E40290

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97F8

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

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