#BB87E9#BB87E9

#BB87E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.148 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB87E9
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 233)
HSL	hsl(272, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 42.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 38.18, -42.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 56.87, 312.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.0899 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.148 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8626, 33.7764, 81.2838)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB87E9 #B5E987

analogous

#8A87E9 #BB87E9 #E987E6

triadic

#BB87E9 #E9BB87 #87E9BB

tetradic

#BB87E9 #E98A87 #B5E987 #87E6E9

square

#BB87E9 #E98A87 #B5E987 #87E6E9

split-complementary

#BB87E9 #E6E987 #87E98A

monochromatic

#8026D0 #9E53E0 #BB87E9 #D8BBF2 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB87E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BB87E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB87E9

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB87E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB87E9	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719BED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9EE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B596AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb87e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.148 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abf0',
    500: '#bb87e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb87e9;
$custom-light: #d1abf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb87e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.837,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71189,
    "c": 0.1477,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB87E9

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D1156D

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB87E9

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

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