#BB79D8#BB79D8

#BB79D8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.151 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB79D8
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 216)
HSL	hsl(282, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(282, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 44%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.96, 42.12, -38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.96, 57.19, 317.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% 0.1067 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.151 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7236, 29.1984, 68.4957)
Luminance	0.2920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB79D8 #96D879

analogous

#8B79D8 #BB79D8 #D879C5

triadic

#BB79D8 #D8BB79 #79D8BB

tetradic

#BB79D8 #D88B79 #96D879 #79C5D8

square

#BB79D8 #D88B79 #96D879 #79C5D8

split-complementary

#BB79D8 #C5D879 #79D88B

monochromatic

#8230A6 #A34ACA #BB79D8 #D3A8E6 #EBD8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BB79D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#BB79D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB79D8

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB79D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB79D8	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#678FDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7995D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9879E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb79d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.151 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a1e4',
    500: '#bb79d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb79d8;
$custom-light: #d1a1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb79d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.684,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68063,
    "c": 0.15122,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB79D8

secondary

#D0E6C7

accent

#C22354

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FC

border

#D3CDD5

text

#140F15

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB79D8

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

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