#BB78D9#BB78D9

#BB78D9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.154 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB78D9
RGB	rgb(187, 120, 217)
HSL	hsl(281, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(281, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 44.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, 42.87, -39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 58.30, 317.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% 0.1083 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.154 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7324, 29.0085, 69.1384)
Luminance	0.2901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB78D9 #96D978

analogous

#8A78D9 #BB78D9 #D978C6

triadic

#BB78D9 #D9BB78 #78D9BB

tetradic

#BB78D9 #D98A78 #96D978 #78C6D9

square

#BB78D9 #D98A78 #96D978 #78C6D9

split-complementary

#BB78D9 #C6D978 #78D98A

monochromatic

#822FA7 #A348CC #BB78D9 #D3A8E6 #EBD8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BB78D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#BB78D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB78D9

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB78D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB78D9	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#658FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7795D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9869E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb78d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 120, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.154 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a0e5',
    500: '#bb78d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb78d9;
$custom-light: #d1a0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb78d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.443,
    "s": 56.069,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67953,
    "c": 0.15401,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB78D9

secondary

#D0E6C6

accent

#C42254

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FC

border

#D3CDD5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB78D9

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

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