#BB87DC#BB87DC

#BB87DC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.132 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB87DC
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 220)
HSL	hsl(277, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(277, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 38.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, 35.33, -35.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 50.32, 314.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% 0.0874 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.132 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0735, 33.0607, 71.8612)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB87DC #A8DC87

analogous

#9187DC #BB87DC #DC87D3

triadic

#BB87DC #DCBB87 #87DCBB

tetradic

#BB87DC #DC9187 #A8DC87 #87D3DC

square

#BB87DC #DC9187 #A8DC87 #87D3DC

split-complementary

#BB87DC #D3DC87 #87DC91

monochromatic

#8335B4 #A058CE #BB87DC #D6B6EA #F1E6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BB87DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#BB87DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB87DC

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB87DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB87DC	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7799DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B893A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb87dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.132 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abe7',
    500: '#bb87dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb87dc;
$custom-light: #d1abe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb87dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.706,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70567,
    "c": 0.13207,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB87DC

secondary

#DDECD3

accent

#C22361

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB87DC

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

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