#BB89E6#BB89E6

#BB89E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.141 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB89E6
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 230)
HSL	hsl(272, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 40.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 36.41, -40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 54.09, 312.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.0865 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.141 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.7194, 34.1697, 79.1398)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB89E6 #B4E689

analogous

#8D89E6 #BB89E6 #E689E3

triadic

#BB89E6 #E6BB89 #89E6BB

tetradic

#BB89E6 #E68D89 #B4E689 #89E3E6

square

#BB89E6 #E68D89 #B4E689 #89E3E6

split-complementary

#BB89E6 #E3E689 #89E68D

monochromatic

#802BCA #9E57DB #BB89E6 #D8BCF1 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB89E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BB89E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB89E6

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB89E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB89E6	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B597AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb89e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.141 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acee',
    500: '#bb89e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb89e6;
$custom-light: #d1acee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb89e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.258,
    "s": 65.035,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7138,
    "c": 0.14074,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB89E6

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CD196C

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB89E6

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

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