#BB87E2#BB87E2

#BB87E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.139 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB87E2
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 226)
HSL	hsl(274, 61%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 40.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, 36.63, -38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 53.33, 313.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% 0.0886 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.139 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.8824, 33.3843, 76.1215)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB87E2 #AEE287

analogous

#8D87E2 #BB87E2 #E287DB

triadic

#BB87E2 #E2BB87 #87E2BB

tetradic

#BB87E2 #E28D87 #AEE287 #87DBE2

square

#BB87E2 #E28D87 #AEE287 #87DBE2

split-complementary

#BB87E2 #DBE287 #87E28D

monochromatic

#822EC0 #9F56D6 #BB87E2 #D7B8EE #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB87E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BB87E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB87E2

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB87E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB87E2	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B695AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb87e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.139 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abeb',
    500: '#bb87e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb87e2;
$custom-light: #d1abeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb87e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 61.074,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7085,
    "c": 0.13925,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB87E2

secondary

#E1EFD6

accent

#C91D66

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB87E2

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

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