#BB87E4#BB87E4

#BB87E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.142 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB87E4
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 228)
HSL	hsl(274, 63%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 40.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, 37.07, -39.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 54.34, 313.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% 0.089 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.142 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1585, 33.4947, 77.5753)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB87E4 #B0E487

analogous

#8C87E4 #BB87E4 #E487DE

triadic

#BB87E4 #E4BB87 #87E4BB

tetradic

#BB87E4 #E48C87 #B0E487 #87DEE4

square

#BB87E4 #E48C87 #B0E487 #87DEE4

split-complementary

#BB87E4 #DEE487 #87E48C

monochromatic

#812CC4 #9F55D9 #BB87E4 #D7B9EF #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BB87E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BB87E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB87E4

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB87E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB87E4	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B695AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb87e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.142 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abed',
    500: '#bb87e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb87e4;
$custom-light: #d1abed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb87e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.548,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70945,
    "c": 0.14166,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB87E4

secondary

#E2F0D7

accent

#CB1A68

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB87E4

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

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