#BB81BB#BB81BB

#BB81BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.106 H 326.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB81BB
RGB	rgb(187, 129, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(300, 31%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, 31.93, -21.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 38.47, 326.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% 0.0883 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.106 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3126, 29.8545, 50.8011)
Luminance	0.2985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB81BB #81BB81

analogous

#9E81BB #BB81BB #BB819E

triadic

#BB81BB #BBBB81 #81BBBB

tetradic

#BB81BB #BB9E81 #81BB81 #819EBB

square

#BB81BB #BB9E81 #81BB81 #819EBB

split-complementary

#BB81BB #9EBB81 #81BB9E

monochromatic

#7E447E #A559A5 #BB81BB #D0A9D0 #E6D0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BB81BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BB81BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB81BB

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB81BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB81BB	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)

#7D90BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B97B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb81bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 129, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.106 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a6cf',
    500: '#bb81bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb81bb;
$custom-light: #d0a6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb81bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 29.897,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68102,
    "c": 0.10573,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB81BB

secondary

#C1D7C1

accent

#A93D3D

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#140F14

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB81BB

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

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