#BB7AE0#BB7AE0

#BB7AE0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.159 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7AE0
RGB	rgb(187, 122, 224)
HSL	hsl(278, 62%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(278, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 45.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, 43.28, -42.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 60.48, 315.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% 0.1066 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.159 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9053, 29.8665, 74.1165)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7AE0 #9FE07A

analogous

#887AE0 #BB7AE0 #E07AD2

triadic

#BB7AE0 #E0BB7A #7AE0BB

tetradic

#BB7AE0 #E0887A #9FE07A #7AD2E0

square

#BB7AE0 #E0887A #9FE07A #7AD2E0

split-complementary

#BB7AE0 #D2E07A #7AE088

monochromatic

#832AB5 #A248D4 #BB7AE0 #D4ACEC #EEDDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BB7AE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BB7AE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7AE0

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7AE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7AE0	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)

#6491E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7696DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 122, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.159 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a2ea',
    500: '#bb7ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7ae0;
$custom-light: #d1a2ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.235,
    "s": 62.195,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6862,
    "c": 0.15858,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7AE0

secondary

#D7EBCB

accent

#CA1C5B

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7AE0

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

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