#BB78E4#BB78E4

#BB78E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.166 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB78E4
RGB	rgb(187, 120, 228)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(277, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 47.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.31, 45.22, -44.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.31, 63.68, 315.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% 0.1099 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.166 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2111, 29.6000, 76.9261)
Luminance	0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB78E4 #A1E478

analogous

#8578E4 #BB78E4 #E478D7

triadic

#BB78E4 #E4BB78 #78E4BB

tetradic

#BB78E4 #E48578 #A1E478 #78D7E4

square

#BB78E4 #E48578 #A1E478 #78D7E4

split-complementary

#BB78E4 #D7E478 #78E485

monochromatic

#8326BC #A145DA #BB78E4 #D5ABEE #EEDEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BB78E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BB78E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB78E4

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB78E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB78E4	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F91E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7295E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B789A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb78e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 120, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.166 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a1ed',
    500: '#bb78e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb78e4;
$custom-light: #d1a1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb78e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.222,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68509,
    "c": 0.1664,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB78E4

secondary

#D8ECCC

accent

#CF175D

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FD

border

#D3CDD5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB78E4

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

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