#BB87D4#BB87D4

#BB87D4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.123 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB87D4
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 212)
HSL	hsl(281, 47%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(281, 36%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 36.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, 33.63, -31.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 46.35, 316.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% 0.0857 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.123 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0393, 32.6470, 66.4142)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB87D4 #A0D487

analogous

#9487D4 #BB87D4 #D487C7

triadic

#BB87D4 #D4BB87 #87D4BB

tetradic

#BB87D4 #D49487 #A0D487 #87C7D4

square

#BB87D4 #D49487 #A0D487 #87C7D4

split-complementary

#BB87D4 #C7D487 #87D494

monochromatic

#833BA5 #A15AC4 #BB87D4 #D5B4E4 #EEE1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BB87D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#BB87D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB87D4

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB87D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB87D4	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A98D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B991A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb87d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.123 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aae1',
    500: '#bb87d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb87d4;
$custom-light: #d0aae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb87d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.519,
    "s": 47.239,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70203,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB87D4

secondary

#D7E7D0

accent

#BA2B5A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB87D4

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

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