#BB73D8#BB73D8

#BB73D8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.161 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB73D8
RGB	rgb(187, 115, 216)
HSL	hsl(283, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(283, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 46.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, 45.33, -40.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 60.90, 318.11°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% 0.1152 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.161 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0170, 27.7852, 68.2602)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB73D8 #90D873

analogous

#8873D8 #BB73D8 #D873C3

triadic

#BB73D8 #D8BB73 #73D8BB

tetradic

#BB73D8 #D88873 #90D873 #73C3D8

square

#BB73D8 #D88873 #90D873 #73C3D8

split-complementary

#BB73D8 #C3D873 #73D888

monochromatic

#812DA3 #A443CB #BB73D8 #D2A3E5 #E9D3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BB73D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#BB73D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB73D8

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB73D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB73D8	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F8BDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7492D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9829B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb73d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 115, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.161 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19de4',
    500: '#bb73d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb73d8;
$custom-light: #d19de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb73d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.772,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67121,
    "c": 0.16123,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB73D8

secondary

#CCE5C2

accent

#C42250

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FC

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E15

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB73D8

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

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