#BB81DC#BB81DC

#BB81DC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.142 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB81DC
RGB	rgb(187, 129, 220)
HSL	hsl(278, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(278, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 41.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, 38.62, -37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 54.13, 315.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% 0.096 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.142 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2598, 31.4334, 71.5900)
Luminance	0.3143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB81DC #A2DC81

analogous

#8D81DC #BB81DC #DC81CF

triadic

#BB81DC #DCBB81 #81DCBB

tetradic

#BB81DC #DC8D81 #A2DC81 #81CFDC

square

#BB81DC #DC8D81 #A2DC81 #81CFDC

split-complementary

#BB81DC #CFDC81 #81DC8D

monochromatic

#8331B1 #A151CF #BB81DC #D5B1E9 #EFE1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BB81DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#BB81DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB81DC

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB81DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB81DC	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F95DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E99D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb81dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 129, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.142 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a6e7',
    500: '#bb81dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb81dc;
$custom-light: #d1a6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb81dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.242,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69559,
    "c": 0.14228,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB81DC

secondary

#D9EACF

accent

#C4215C

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB81DC

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

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