#BB79CB#BB79CB

#BB79CB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.137 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB79CB
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 203)
HSL	hsl(288, 44%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(288, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 40.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, 39.45, -32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 50.96, 320.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% 0.1043 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.137 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1090, 28.5526, 59.9921)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB79CB #89CB79

analogous

#9279CB #BB79CB #CB79B2

triadic

#BB79CB #CBBB79 #79CBBB

tetradic

#BB79CB #CB9279 #89CB79 #79B2CB

square

#BB79CB #CB9279 #89CB79 #79B2CB

split-complementary

#BB79CB #B2CB79 #79CB92

monochromatic

#803891 #A54DBA #BB79CB #D1A5DC #E8D1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BB79CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BB79CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB79CB

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB79CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB79CB	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8DCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F94C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb79cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.137 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a1db',
    500: '#bb79cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb79cb;
$custom-light: #d1a1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb79cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.293,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67447,
    "c": 0.13689,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB79CB

secondary

#C7DEC1

accent

#B72E49

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F3FB

border

#D2CDD4

text

#140F15

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB79CB

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

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