#BB87DD#BB87DD

#BB87DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.133 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB87DD
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 221)
HSL	hsl(276, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(276, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 38.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, 35.54, -36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 50.82, 314.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% 0.0876 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.133 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2063, 33.1139, 72.5608)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB87DD #A9DD87

analogous

#9087DD #BB87DD #DD87D4

triadic

#BB87DD #DDBB87 #87DDBB

tetradic

#BB87DD #DD9087 #A9DD87 #87D4DD

square

#BB87DD #DD9087 #A9DD87 #87D4DD

split-complementary

#BB87DD #D4DD87 #87DD90

monochromatic

#8234B6 #A057CF #BB87DD #D6B7EB #F1E6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BB87DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#BB87DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB87DD

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB87DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB87DD	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7699E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839DDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B793A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb87dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.133 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abe8',
    500: '#bb87dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb87dd;
$custom-light: #d1abe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb87dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.279,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70614,
    "c": 0.13327,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB87DD

secondary

#DDECD4

accent

#C32262

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB87DD

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

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