#BB79D9#BB79D9

#BB79D9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.152 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB79D9
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 217)
HSL	hsl(281, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(281, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 44.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, 42.33, -39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 57.68, 317.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% 0.1069 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.152 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8533, 29.2503, 69.1787)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB79D9 #97D979

analogous

#8B79D9 #BB79D9 #D979C7

triadic

#BB79D9 #D9BB79 #79D9BB

tetradic

#BB79D9 #D98B79 #97D979 #79C7D9

square

#BB79D9 #D98B79 #97D979 #79C7D9

split-complementary

#BB79D9 #C7D979 #79D98B

monochromatic

#8230A8 #A349CB #BB79D9 #D3A9E7 #EBD8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BB79D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BB79D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB79D9

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB79D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB79D9	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#678FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7895D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9879F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb79d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.152 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a1e5',
    500: '#bb79d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb79d9;
$custom-light: #d1a1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb79d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68112,
    "c": 0.15234,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB79D9

secondary

#D1E7C7

accent

#C32255

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FC

border

#D3CDD5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB79D9

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

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