#BB81EE#BB81EE

#BB81EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.163 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB81EE
RGB	rgb(187, 129, 238)
HSL	hsl(272, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 45.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, 42.57, -46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 63.13, 312.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% 0.0989 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.163 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7733, 32.4388, 84.8276)
Luminance	0.3244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB81EE #B4EE81

analogous

#8581EE #BB81EE #EE81EA

triadic

#BB81EE #EEBB81 #81EEBB

tetradic

#BB81EE #EE8581 #B4EE81 #81EAEE

square

#BB81EE #EE8581 #B4EE81 #81EAEE

split-complementary

#BB81EE #EAEE81 #81EE85

monochromatic

#801DD8 #9E4BE7 #BB81EE #D8B7F5 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BB81EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#BB81EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB81EE

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB81EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB81EE	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6698F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759BEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B493AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb81ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 129, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.163 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a7f4',
    500: '#bb81ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb81ee;
$custom-light: #d1a7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb81ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.927,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70455,
    "c": 0.16345,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB81EE

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D80D6C

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#140F17

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB81EE

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

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