#BB79DE#BB79DE

#BB79DE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.158 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB79DE
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 222)
HSL	hsl(279, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(279, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 45.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, 43.39, -41.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 60.12, 316.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% 0.1077 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.158 313)
XYZ	xyz(40.5135, 29.5143, 72.6557)
Luminance	0.2951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB79DE #9CDE79

analogous

#8979DE #BB79DE #DE79CE

triadic

#BB79DE #DEBB79 #79DEBB

tetradic

#BB79DE #DE8979 #9CDE79 #79CEDE

square

#BB79DE #DE8979 #9CDE79 #79CEDE

split-complementary

#BB79DE #CEDE79 #79DE89

monochromatic

#832CB1 #A248D2 #BB79DE #D4AAEA #EDDBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BB79DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#BB79DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB79DE

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB79DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB79DE	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6490E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7695DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B888A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb79de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.158 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a1e8',
    500: '#bb79de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb79de;
$custom-light: #d1a1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb79de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.208,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6836,
    "c": 0.15797,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.29513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB79DE

secondary

#D5E9C9

accent

#C81D59

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FD

border

#D3CDD5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB79DE

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

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