#BB87EE#BB87EE

#BB87EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.154 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB87EE
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 238)
HSL	hsl(270, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 43.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, 39.30, -44.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 59.40, 311.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.0907 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.154 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.5870, 34.0661, 85.0989)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB87EE #BAEE87

analogous

#8787EE #BB87EE #EE87ED

triadic

#BB87EE #EEBB87 #87EEBB

tetradic

#BB87EE #EE8787 #BAEE87 #87EDEE

square

#BB87EE #EE8787 #BAEE87 #87EDEE

split-complementary

#BB87EE #EDEE87 #87EE87

monochromatic

#7E1FDC #9D51E6 #BB87EE #D9BDF6 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB87EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BB87EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB87EE

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB87EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB87EE	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E9CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B398AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb87ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.154 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abf4',
    500: '#bb87ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb87ee;
$custom-light: #d1abf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb87ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.291,
    "s": 75.182,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71437,
    "c": 0.15375,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB87EE

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D70E72

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB87EE

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

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