#BB87D8#BB87D8

#BB87D8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.127 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB87D8
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 216)
HSL	hsl(279, 51%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(279, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 37.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, 34.47, -33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 48.33, 315.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% 0.0866 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.127 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5501, 32.8514, 69.1045)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB87D8 #A4D887

analogous

#9387D8 #BB87D8 #D887CC

triadic

#BB87D8 #D8BB87 #87D8BB

tetradic

#BB87D8 #D89387 #A4D887 #87CCD8

square

#BB87D8 #D89387 #A4D887 #87CCD8

split-complementary

#BB87D8 #CCD887 #87D893

monochromatic

#8338AD #A159C9 #BB87D8 #D5B5E7 #EFE3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BB87D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#BB87D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB87D8

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB87D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB87D8	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7998DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B992A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb87d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.127 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aae4',
    500: '#bb87d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb87d8;
$custom-light: #d0aae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb87d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.519,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70383,
    "c": 0.12733,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB87D8

secondary

#DAE9D1

accent

#BE275D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB87D8

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

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