#BB87E5#BB87E5

#BB87E5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.143 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB87E5
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 229)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(273, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 41%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, 37.29, -40.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 54.84, 312.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% 0.0892 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.143 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2977, 33.5504, 78.3085)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB87E5 #B1E587

analogous

#8C87E5 #BB87E5 #E587E0

triadic

#BB87E5 #E5BB87 #87E5BB

tetradic

#BB87E5 #E58C87 #B1E587 #87E0E5

square

#BB87E5 #E58C87 #B1E587 #87E0E5

split-complementary

#BB87E5 #E0E587 #87E58C

monochromatic

#812BC7 #9E55DA #BB87E5 #D8B9F0 #F1E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB87E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BB87E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB87E5

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB87E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB87E5	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B695AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb87e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.143 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abed',
    500: '#bb87e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb87e5;
$custom-light: #d1abed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb87e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.191,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70994,
    "c": 0.14286,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB87E5

secondary

#E3F0D8

accent

#CC1969

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB87E5

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

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