#BB81E7#BB81E7

#BB81E7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.155 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB81E7
RGB	rgb(187, 129, 231)
HSL	hsl(274, 68%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 44%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 44.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, 41.01, -43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 59.61, 313.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% 0.0979 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.155 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.7649, 32.0354, 79.5164)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB81E7 #ADE781

analogous

#8881E7 #BB81E7 #E781E0

triadic

#BB81E7 #E7BB81 #81E7BB

tetradic

#BB81E7 #E78881 #ADE781 #81E0E7

square

#BB81E7 #E78881 #ADE781 #81E0E7

split-complementary

#BB81E7 #E0E781 #81E788

monochromatic

#8226C8 #9F4EDD #BB81E7 #D7B4F1 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BB81E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#BB81E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB81E7

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB81E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB81E7	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A97EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789AE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B591A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb81e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 129, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.155 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a7ef',
    500: '#bb81e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb81e7;
$custom-light: #d1a7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb81e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.118,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70098,
    "c": 0.15518,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB81E7

secondary

#E0F0D4

accent

#D01666

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB81E7

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

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