#BB87DB#BB87DB

#BB87DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.131 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB87DB
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 219)
HSL	hsl(277, 54%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(277, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 38.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, 35.11, -35.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 49.82, 314.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.0872 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.131 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9415, 33.0079, 71.1658)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB87DB #A7DB87

analogous

#9187DB #BB87DB #DB87D1

triadic

#BB87DB #DBBB87 #87DBBB

tetradic

#BB87DB #DB9187 #A7DB87 #87D1DB

square

#BB87DB #DB9187 #A7DB87 #87D1DB

split-complementary

#BB87DB #D1DB87 #87DB91

monochromatic

#8335B2 #A058CD #BB87DB #D6B6E9 #F0E5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BB87DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#BB87DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB87DB

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB87DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB87DB	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7799DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849DD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B893A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb87db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.131 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0abe6',
    500: '#bb87db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb87db;
$custom-light: #d0abe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb87db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70521,
    "c": 0.13088,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB87DB

secondary

#DCEBD3

accent

#C12460

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB87DB

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

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