#BB87E1#BB87E1

#BB87E1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.138 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB87E1
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 225)
HSL	hsl(275, 60%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 40%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 40%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, 36.41, -38.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 52.83, 313.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% 0.0884 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.138 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7456, 33.3296, 75.4010)
Luminance	0.3333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB87E1 #ADE187

analogous

#8E87E1 #BB87E1 #E187DA

triadic

#BB87E1 #E1BB87 #87E1BB

tetradic

#BB87E1 #E18E87 #ADE187 #87DAE1

square

#BB87E1 #E18E87 #ADE187 #87DAE1

split-complementary

#BB87E1 #DAE187 #87E18E

monochromatic

#8230BE #9F56D5 #BB87E1 #D7B8ED #F1E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB87E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BB87E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB87E1

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB87E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB87E1	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759AE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819DDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B794A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb87e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.138 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abea',
    500: '#bb87e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb87e1;
$custom-light: #d1abea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb87e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.667,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70802,
    "c": 0.13805,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB87E1

secondary

#E0EED6

accent

#C81E66

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB87E1

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

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