#BB81EB#BB81EB

#BB81EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.160 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB81EB
RGB	rgb(187, 129, 235)
HSL	hsl(273, 73%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(273, 45%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 45.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, 41.90, -45.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 61.62, 312.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% 0.0985 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.16 308)
XYZ	xyz(43.3363, 32.2640, 82.5257)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB81EB #B1EB81

analogous

#8681EB #BB81EB #EB81E6

triadic

#BB81EB #EBBB81 #81EBBB

tetradic

#BB81EB #EB8681 #B1EB81 #81E6EB

square

#BB81EB #EB8681 #B1EB81 #81E6EB

split-complementary

#BB81EB #E6EB81 #81EB86

monochromatic

#8121D1 #9E4CE3 #BB81EB #D8B6F3 #F1E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BB81EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#BB81EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB81EB

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB81EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB81EB	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6798EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769BE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B492AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb81eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 129, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.160 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a7f2',
    500: '#bb81eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb81eb;
$custom-light: #d1a7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb81eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.83,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70301,
    "c": 0.1599,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.32263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB81EB

secondary

#E3F2D6

accent

#D5116A

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#140F17

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB81EB

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

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