#BB89DB#BB89DB

#BB89DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.127 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB89DB
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 219)
HSL	hsl(277, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(277, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 37.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, 34.01, -34.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 48.54, 314.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0843 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.127 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2231, 33.5712, 71.2597)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB89DB #A9DB89

analogous

#9289DB #BB89DB #DB89D2

triadic

#BB89DB #DBBB89 #89DBBB

tetradic

#BB89DB #DB9289 #A9DB89 #89D2DB

square

#BB89DB #DB9289 #A9DB89 #89D2DB

split-complementary

#BB89DB #D2DB89 #89DB92

monochromatic

#8237B3 #A05ACD #BB89DB #D6B8E9 #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB89DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BB89DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB89DB

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB89DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB89DB	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9ADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B895A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb89db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.127 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ace6',
    500: '#bb89db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb89db;
$custom-light: #d0ace6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb89db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.585,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70864,
    "c": 0.12746,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB89DB

secondary

#DDEBD4

accent

#C12562

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB89DB

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

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