#BB73E6#BB73E6

#BB73E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.177 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB73E6
RGB	rgb(187, 115, 230)
HSL	hsl(278, 70%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(278, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 50%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, 48.30, -47.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 67.69, 315.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% 0.1169 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.177 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9046, 28.5403, 78.2016)
Luminance	0.2854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB73E6 #9EE673

analogous

#8173E6 #BB73E6 #E673D8

triadic

#BB73E6 #E6BB73 #73E6BB

tetradic

#BB73E6 #E68173 #9EE673 #73D8E6

square

#BB73E6 #E68173 #9EE673 #73D8E6

split-complementary

#BB73E6 #D8E673 #73E681

monochromatic

#8322BD #A23FDD #BB73E6 #D4A7EF #EDDBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BB73E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BB73E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB73E6

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB73E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB73E6	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#568EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C93E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B686A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb73e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 115, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.177 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29dee',
    500: '#bb73e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb73e6;
$custom-light: #d29dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb73e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.565,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67848,
    "c": 0.17666,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB73E6

secondary

#D6ECC9

accent

#D2145B

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB73E6

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

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