#BB87E8#BB87E8

#BB87E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.146 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB87E8
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 232)
HSL	hsl(272, 68%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 41.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, 37.95, -41.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 56.36, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% 0.0897 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.146 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.7202, 33.7194, 80.5336)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB87E8 #B4E887

analogous

#8B87E8 #BB87E8 #E887E5

triadic

#BB87E8 #E8BB87 #87E8BB

tetradic

#BB87E8 #E88B87 #B4E887 #87E5E8

square

#BB87E8 #E88B87 #B4E887 #87E5E8

split-complementary

#BB87E8 #E5E887 #87E88B

monochromatic

#8027CD #9E54DE #BB87E8 #D8BAF2 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB87E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BB87E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB87E8

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB87E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB87E8	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719BEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9EE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B596AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb87e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.146 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abef',
    500: '#bb87e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb87e8;
$custom-light: #d1abef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb87e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.165,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7114,
    "c": 0.14649,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB87E8

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D0166C

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB87E8

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

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