#BB78BB#BB78BB

#BB78BB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.122 H 326.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB78BB
RGB	rgb(187, 120, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(300, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, 36.87, -24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 44.29, 326.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.58% 0.1021 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(66.58% 0.122 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1789, 27.5871, 50.4232)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB78BB #78BB78

analogous

#9978BB #BB78BB #BB7899

triadic

#BB78BB #BBBB78 #78BBBB

tetradic

#BB78BB #BB9978 #78BB78 #7899BB

square

#BB78BB #BB9978 #78BB78 #7899BB

split-complementary

#BB78BB #99BB78 #78BB99

monochromatic

#7B3E7B #A352A3 #BB78BB #D0A1D0 #E4C9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BB78BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#BB78BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB78BB

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB78BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB78BB	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738ABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8492B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb78bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 120, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.122 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a0cf',
    500: '#bb78bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb78bb;
$custom-light: #d0a0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb78bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66577,
    "c": 0.12198,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB78BB

secondary

#BBD4BB

accent

#AC3A3A

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F9

border

#D2CCD2

text

#140F14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB78BB

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

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