#BB97FF#BB97FF

#BB97FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.149 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB97FF
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 255)
HSL	hsl(261, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(261, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 40.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, 34.41, -46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 58.20, 306.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% 0.0718 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.149 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.6059, 39.9177, 99.6798)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB97FF #DBFF97

analogous

#97A7FF #BB97FF #EF97FF

triadic

#BB97FF #FFBB97 #97FFBB

tetradic

#BB97FF #FF97A7 #DBFF97 #97FFEF

square

#BB97FF #FF97A7 #DBFF97 #97FFEF

split-complementary

#BB97FF #FFEF97 #A7FF97

monochromatic

#6B1DFF #935AFF #BB97FF #E3D4FF #EBE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BB97FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BB97FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB97FF

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB97FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB97FF	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BAAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A9FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb97ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.149 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6ff',
    500: '#bb97ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb97ff;
$custom-light: #d1b6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb97ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.769,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75008,
    "c": 0.14948,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB97FF

secondary

#EBF7D4

accent

#E60096

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB97FF

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

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