#BB79BB#BB79BB

#BB79BB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.120 H 326.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB79BB
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(300, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, 36.33, -24.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 43.65, 326.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% 0.1006 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.12 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2998, 27.8289, 50.4635)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB79BB #79BB79

analogous

#9A79BB #BB79BB #BB799A

triadic

#BB79BB #BBBB79 #79BBBB

tetradic

#BB79BB #BB9A79 #79BB79 #799ABB

square

#BB79BB #BB9A79 #79BB79 #799ABB

split-complementary

#BB79BB #9ABB79 #79BB9A

monochromatic

#7B3E7B #A453A4 #BB79BB #D0A2D0 #E4CAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BB79BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#BB79BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB79BB

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB79BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB79BB	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748BBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8593B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb79bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.120 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a1cf',
    500: '#bb79bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb79bb;
$custom-light: #d0a1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb79bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66743,
    "c": 0.12019,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB79BB

secondary

#BBD5BB

accent

#AB3A3A

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F3F9

border

#D2CDD2

text

#140F14

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB79BB

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

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