#BB81E9#BB81E9

#BB81E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.158 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB81E9
RGB	rgb(187, 129, 233)
HSL	hsl(273, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(273, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 44.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, 41.46, -44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 60.61, 313.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% 0.0982 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.158 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.0489, 32.1490, 81.0125)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB81E9 #AFE981

analogous

#8781E9 #BB81E9 #E981E3

triadic

#BB81E9 #E9BB81 #81E9BB

tetradic

#BB81E9 #E98781 #AFE981 #81E3E9

square

#BB81E9 #E98781 #AFE981 #81E3E9

split-complementary

#BB81E9 #E3E981 #81E987

monochromatic

#8224CC #9F4DE0 #BB81E9 #D7B5F2 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BB81E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#BB81E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB81E9

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB81E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB81E9	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6897ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779AE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B592AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb81e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 129, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.158 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a7f0',
    500: '#bb81e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb81e9;
$custom-light: #d1a7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb81e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.462,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70199,
    "c": 0.15753,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB81E9

secondary

#E1F1D5

accent

#D21368

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB81E9

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

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