#BB79E6#BB79E6

#BB79E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.167 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB79E6
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 230)
HSL	hsl(276, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(276, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 47.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.61, 45.12, -45.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.61, 64.05, 314.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% 0.1088 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.167 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6112, 29.9534, 78.4371)
Luminance	0.2995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB79E6 #A4E679

analogous

#8579E6 #BB79E6 #E679DB

triadic

#BB79E6 #E6BB79 #79E6BB

tetradic

#BB79E6 #E68579 #A4E679 #79DBE6

square

#BB79E6 #E68579 #A4E679 #79DBE6

split-complementary

#BB79E6 #DBE679 #79E685

monochromatic

#8324C1 #A145DC #BB79E6 #D5ADF0 #EFE0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BB79E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#BB79E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB79E6

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB79E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB79E6	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F92EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7296E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68AA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb79e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.167 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a1ee',
    500: '#bb79e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb79e6;
$custom-light: #d1a1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb79e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.33,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68769,
    "c": 0.16705,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB79E6

secondary

#DAEECD

accent

#D0155F

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FD

border

#D3CDD5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB79E6

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

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