#BB87D3#BB87D3

#BB87D3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.121 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB87D3
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 211)
HSL	hsl(281, 46%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(281, 36%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 36%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, 33.42, -31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 45.86, 316.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% 0.0854 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.121 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9135, 32.5967, 65.7519)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB87D3 #9FD387

analogous

#9587D3 #BB87D3 #D387C5

triadic

#BB87D3 #D3BB87 #87D3BB

tetradic

#BB87D3 #D39587 #9FD387 #87C5D3

square

#BB87D3 #D39587 #9FD387 #87C5D3

split-complementary

#BB87D3 #C5D387 #87D395

monochromatic

#833CA4 #A25AC3 #BB87D3 #D4B4E3 #EEE1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BB87D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#BB87D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB87D3

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB87D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB87D3	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B98D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA91A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb87d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.121 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aae0',
    500: '#bb87d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb87d3;
$custom-light: #d0aae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb87d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70158,
    "c": 0.12145,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB87D3

secondary

#D7E7CF

accent

#BA2C59

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB87D3

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

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