#BB81E8#BB81E8

#BB81E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.156 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB81E8
RGB	rgb(187, 129, 232)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 44%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 44.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, 41.24, -43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 60.11, 313.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% 0.0981 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.156 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9065, 32.0921, 80.2623)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB81E8 #AEE881

analogous

#8781E8 #BB81E8 #E881E2

triadic

#BB81E8 #E8BB81 #81E8BB

tetradic

#BB81E8 #E88781 #AEE881 #81E2E8

square

#BB81E8 #E88781 #AEE881 #81E2E8

split-complementary

#BB81E8 #E2E881 #81E887

monochromatic

#8225CA #9F4DDF #BB81E8 #D7B5F1 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BB81E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#BB81E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB81E8

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB81E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB81E8	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6997EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789AE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B591A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb81e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 129, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.156 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a7f0',
    500: '#bb81e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb81e8;
$custom-light: #d1a7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb81e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.786,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70148,
    "c": 0.15635,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB81E8

secondary

#E1F0D5

accent

#D11467

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB81E8

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

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