#BB81CB#BB81CB

#BB81CB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.123 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB81CB
RGB	rgb(187, 129, 203)
HSL	hsl(287, 42%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(287, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 36.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, 35.08, -29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 45.85, 319.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% 0.0924 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.123 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1218, 30.5782, 60.3297)
Luminance	0.3058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB81CB #91CB81

analogous

#9681CB #BB81CB #CB81B6

triadic

#BB81CB #CBBB81 #81CBBB

tetradic

#BB81CB #CB9681 #91CB81 #81B6CB

square

#BB81CB #CB9681 #91CB81 #81B6CB

split-complementary

#BB81CB #B6CB81 #81CB96

monochromatic

#823D94 #A456B9 #BB81CB #D2ACDD #EAD8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BB81CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#BB81CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB81CB

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB81CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB81CB	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7792CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8598C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb81cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 129, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.123 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a6db',
    500: '#bb81cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb81cb;
$custom-light: #d0a6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb81cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.027,
    "s": 41.573,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68777,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB81CB

secondary

#CDE0C7

accent

#B5314D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#140F15

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB81CB

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

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