#BB87D9#BB87D9

#BB87D9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.129 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB87D9
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 217)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(278, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 37.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, 34.68, -34.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 48.83, 315.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% 0.0868 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.129 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6798, 32.9032, 69.7875)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB87D9 #A5D987

analogous

#9287D9 #BB87D9 #D987CE

triadic

#BB87D9 #D9BB87 #87D9BB

tetradic

#BB87D9 #D99287 #A5D987 #87CED9

square

#BB87D9 #D99287 #A5D987 #87CED9

split-complementary

#BB87D9 #CED987 #87D992

monochromatic

#8337AE #A159CA #BB87D9 #D5B5E8 #F0E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BB87D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#BB87D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB87D9

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB87D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB87D9	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)

#7898DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B892A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb87d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.129 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0abe5',
    500: '#bb87d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb87d9;
$custom-light: #d0abe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb87d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.049,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70429,
    "c": 0.12851,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB87D9

secondary

#DBEAD2

accent

#BF265E

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141015

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB87D9

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

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