#BB79E5#BB79E5

#BB79E5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.166 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB79E5
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 229)
HSL	hsl(277, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(277, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 47.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.57, 44.90, -44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.57, 63.56, 314.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% 0.1087 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.166 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4712, 29.8974, 77.6997)
Luminance	0.2990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB79E5 #A3E579

analogous

#8579E5 #BB79E5 #E579D9

triadic

#BB79E5 #E5BB79 #79E5BB

tetradic

#BB79E5 #E58579 #A3E579 #79D9E5

square

#BB79E5 #E58579 #A3E579 #79D9E5

split-complementary

#BB79E5 #D9E579 #79E585

monochromatic

#8325BF #A146DB #BB79E5 #D5ACEF #EFE0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BB79E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BB79E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB79E5

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB79E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB79E5	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6091E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7296E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68AA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb79e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.166 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a1ed',
    500: '#bb79e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb79e5;
$custom-light: #d1a1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb79e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68717,
    "c": 0.16591,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB79E5

secondary

#D9EDCD

accent

#CF165E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FD

border

#D3CDD5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB79E5

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

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