#BB97FD#BB97FD

#BB97FD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.147 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97FD
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 253)
HSL	hsl(261, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(261, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 40.3%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, 33.94, -45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 57.16, 306.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% 0.0714 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.147 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.2857, 39.7895, 97.9931)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97FD #D9FD97

analogous

#97A6FD #BB97FD #EE97FD

triadic

#BB97FD #FDBB97 #97FDBB

tetradic

#BB97FD #FD97A6 #D9FD97 #97FDEE

square

#BB97FD #FD97A6 #D9FD97 #97FDEE

split-complementary

#BB97FD #FDEE97 #A6FD97

monochromatic

#6C1FFB #945BFC #BB97FD #E2D3FE #EBE1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BB97FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BB97FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97FD

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97FD	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A8FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.147 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6fe',
    500: '#bb97fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97fd;
$custom-light: #d1b6fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 96.226,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74909,
    "c": 0.14691,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97FD

secondary

#EBF7D4

accent

#E60095

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97FD

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

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