#BB78E5#BB78E5

#BB78E5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.168 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB78E5
RGB	rgb(187, 120, 229)
HSL	hsl(277, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(277, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 47.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, 45.43, -45.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 64.17, 315.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% 0.11 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.168 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3503, 29.6556, 77.6594)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB78E5 #A2E578

analogous

#8478E5 #BB78E5 #E578D8

triadic

#BB78E5 #E5BB78 #78E5BB

tetradic

#BB78E5 #E58478 #A2E578 #78D8E5

square

#BB78E5 #E58478 #A2E578 #78D8E5

split-complementary

#BB78E5 #D8E578 #78E584

monochromatic

#8325BE #A145DB #BB78E5 #D5ABEF #EFDFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BB78E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#BB78E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB78E5

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB78E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB78E5	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E91E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7195E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B689A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb78e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 120, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.168 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a1ed',
    500: '#bb78e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb78e5;
$custom-light: #d1a1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb78e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.881,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68561,
    "c": 0.16754,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB78E5

secondary

#D9EDCC

accent

#D0165D

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FD

border

#D3CDD5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB78E5

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

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