#BB81CC#BB81CC

#BB81CC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.124 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB81CC
RGB	rgb(187, 129, 204)
HSL	hsl(286, 42%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(286, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 36.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.19, 35.28, -30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.19, 46.33, 319.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% 0.0927 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.124 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2414, 30.6260, 60.9593)
Luminance	0.3063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB81CC #92CC81

analogous

#9581CC #BB81CC #CC81B7

triadic

#BB81CC #CCBB81 #81CCBB

tetradic

#BB81CC #CC9581 #92CC81 #81B7CC

square

#BB81CC #CC9581 #92CC81 #81B7CC

split-complementary

#BB81CC #B7CC81 #81CC95

monochromatic

#823D96 #A355BA #BB81CC #D3ADDE #EAD8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BB81CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#BB81CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB81CC

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB81CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB81CC	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7792CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8598CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb81cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 129, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.124 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a6db',
    500: '#bb81cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb81cc;
$custom-light: #d0a6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb81cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.4,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68822,
    "c": 0.12398,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB81CC

secondary

#CDE1C8

accent

#B5304E

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#140F15

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB81CC

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

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