#BB87E7#BB87E7

#BB87E7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.145 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB87E7
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 231)
HSL	hsl(273, 67%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 41.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, 37.73, -41.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 55.85, 312.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% 0.0895 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.145 308)
XYZ	xyz(43.5785, 33.6627, 79.7876)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB87E7 #B3E787

analogous

#8B87E7 #BB87E7 #E787E3

triadic

#BB87E7 #E7BB87 #87E7BB

tetradic

#BB87E7 #E78B87 #B3E787 #87E3E7

square

#BB87E7 #E78B87 #B3E787 #87E3E7

split-complementary

#BB87E7 #E3E787 #87E78B

monochromatic

#8129CB #9E54DD #BB87E7 #D8BAF1 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB87E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BB87E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB87E7

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB87E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB87E7	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729BEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9EE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B596AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb87e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.145 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abef',
    500: '#bb87e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb87e7;
$custom-light: #d1abef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb87e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71091,
    "c": 0.14528,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.33662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB87E7

secondary

#E4F1D9

accent

#CF176B

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB87E7

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

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