#BB79E4#BB79E4

#BB79E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.165 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB79E4
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 228)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(277, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 46.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.52, 44.68, -44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.52, 63.07, 315.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% 0.1085 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.165 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3320, 29.8417, 76.9664)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB79E4 #A2E479

analogous

#8579E4 #BB79E4 #E479D8

triadic

#BB79E4 #E4BB79 #79E4BB

tetradic

#BB79E4 #E48579 #A2E479 #79D8E4

square

#BB79E4 #E48579 #A2E479 #79D8E4

split-complementary

#BB79E4 #D8E479 #79E485

monochromatic

#8326BD #A146DA #BB79E4 #D5ACEE #EFDFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BB79E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BB79E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB79E4

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB79E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB79E4	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6091E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7396E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68AA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb79e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.165 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a1ed',
    500: '#bb79e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb79e4;
$custom-light: #d1a1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb79e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.009,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68666,
    "c": 0.16477,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB79E4

secondary

#D9ECCC

accent

#CE175D

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FD

border

#D3CDD5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB79E4

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

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