#BB81DD#BB81DD

#BB81DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.143 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB81DD
RGB	rgb(187, 129, 221)
HSL	hsl(278, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(278, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 41.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, 38.84, -38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 54.63, 315.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% 0.0962 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.143 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3927, 31.4865, 72.2896)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB81DD #A3DD81

analogous

#8D81DD #BB81DD #DD81D1

triadic

#BB81DD #DDBB81 #81DDBB

tetradic

#BB81DD #DD8D81 #A3DD81 #81D1DD

square

#BB81DD #DD8D81 #A3DD81 #81D1DD

split-complementary

#BB81DD #D1DD81 #81DD8D

monochromatic

#8330B3 #A151D0 #BB81DD #D5B1EA #EFE1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BB81DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#BB81DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB81DD

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB81DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB81DD	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F95E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9ADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb81dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 129, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.143 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a6e8',
    500: '#bb81dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb81dd;
$custom-light: #d1a6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb81dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.826,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69607,
    "c": 0.14343,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB81DD

secondary

#D9EBCF

accent

#C5205D

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB81DD

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

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