#BB79D7#BB79D7

#BB79D7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.150 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB79D7
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 215)
HSL	hsl(282, 54%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(282, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 43.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.91, 41.91, -38.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.91, 56.71, 317.66°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% 0.1066 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.15 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5947, 29.1468, 67.8169)
Luminance	0.2915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB79D7 #95D779

analogous

#8C79D7 #BB79D7 #D779C4

triadic

#BB79D7 #D7BB79 #79D7BB

tetradic

#BB79D7 #D78C79 #95D779 #79C4D7

square

#BB79D7 #D78C79 #95D779 #79C4D7

split-complementary

#BB79D7 #C4D779 #79D78C

monochromatic

#8231A4 #A34AC9 #BB79D7 #D3A8E5 #EBD7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BB79D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#BB79D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB79D7

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB79D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB79D7	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#688FDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7995D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9869E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb79d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.150 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a1e3',
    500: '#bb79d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb79d7;
$custom-light: #d1a1e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb79d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.128,
    "s": 54.023,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68014,
    "c": 0.1501,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB79D7

secondary

#D0E5C6

accent

#C12453

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF3FB

border

#D3CDD4

text

#140F15

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB79D7

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

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