#BB74E6#BB74E6

#BB74E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.175 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB74E6
RGB	rgb(187, 116, 230)
HSL	hsl(277, 70%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(277, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 49.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, 47.77, -47.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 67.09, 315.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68% 0.1156 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.175 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0193, 28.7696, 78.2398)
Luminance	0.2877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB74E6 #9FE674

analogous

#8274E6 #BB74E6 #E674D8

triadic

#BB74E6 #E6BB74 #74E6BB

tetradic

#BB74E6 #E68274 #9FE674 #74D8E6

square

#BB74E6 #E68274 #9FE674 #74D8E6

split-complementary

#BB74E6 #D8E674 #74E682

monochromatic

#8322BE #A240DD #BB74E6 #D4A8EF #EEDCF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BB74E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#BB74E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB74E6

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB74E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB74E6	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#588FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D94E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B687A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb74e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 116, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.175 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29eee',
    500: '#bb74e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb74e6;
$custom-light: #d29eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb74e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.368,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67999,
    "c": 0.17508,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB74E6

secondary

#D7ECC9

accent

#D1145B

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB74E6

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

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