#BB87D7#BB87D7

#BB87D7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.126 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB87D7
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 215)
HSL	hsl(279, 50%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(279, 37%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 37.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, 34.26, -33.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 47.83, 315.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% 0.0863 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.126 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4212, 32.7998, 68.4258)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB87D7 #A3D787

analogous

#9387D7 #BB87D7 #D787CB

triadic

#BB87D7 #D7BB87 #87D7BB

tetradic

#BB87D7 #D79387 #A3D787 #87CBD7

square

#BB87D7 #D79387 #A3D787 #87CBD7

split-complementary

#BB87D7 #CBD787 #87D793

monochromatic

#8339AB #A159C8 #BB87D7 #D5B5E6 #EFE3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BB87D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#BB87D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB87D7

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB87D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB87D7	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7998DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B992A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb87d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.126 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aae3',
    500: '#bb87d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb87d7;
$custom-light: #d0aae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb87d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70338,
    "c": 0.12615,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB87D7

secondary

#D9E9D1

accent

#BD285C

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB87D7

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

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