#BB81F6#BB81F6

#BB81F6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.173 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB81F6
RGB	rgb(187, 129, 246)
HSL	hsl(270, 87%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 48%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 47.6%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, 44.39, -50.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 67.16, 311.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.0999 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.173 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.9748, 32.9194, 91.1556)
Luminance	0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB81F6 #BCF681

analogous

#8181F6 #BB81F6 #F681F6

triadic

#BB81F6 #F6BB81 #81F6BB

tetradic

#BB81F6 #F68181 #BCF681 #81F6F6

square

#BB81F6 #F68181 #BCF681 #81F6F6

split-complementary

#BB81F6 #F6F681 #81F681

monochromatic

#7D11EC #9C48F2 #BB81F6 #DABAFA #F0E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BB81F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#BB81F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB81F6

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB81F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB81F6	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#609AFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#709CF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B195B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb81f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 129, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.173 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a7f9',
    500: '#bb81f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb81f6;
$custom-light: #d2a7f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb81f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.744,
    "s": 86.667,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70875,
    "c": 0.17293,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB81F6

secondary

#E6F5D6

accent

#E30274

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#140F17

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB81F6

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

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