#BB87E6#BB87E6

#BB87E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.144 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB87E6
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 230)
HSL	hsl(273, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 41.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, 37.51, -40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 55.35, 312.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0894 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.144 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.4377, 33.6064, 79.0459)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB87E6 #B2E687

analogous

#8C87E6 #BB87E6 #E687E2

triadic

#BB87E6 #E6BB87 #87E6BB

tetradic

#BB87E6 #E68C87 #B2E687 #87E2E6

square

#BB87E6 #E68C87 #B2E687 #87E2E6

split-complementary

#BB87E6 #E2E687 #87E68C

monochromatic

#812AC9 #9E54DB #BB87E6 #D8BAF1 #F1E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB87E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BB87E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB87E6

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB87E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB87E6	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B596AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb87e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.144 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abee',
    500: '#bb87e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb87e6;
$custom-light: #d1abee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb87e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.842,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71042,
    "c": 0.14407,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB87E6

secondary

#E3F1D8

accent

#CD186A

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB87E6

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

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