#BB89E7#BB89E7

#BB89E7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.142 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB89E7
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 231)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 40.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, 36.63, -40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 54.60, 312.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% 0.0867 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.142 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8602, 34.2261, 79.8815)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB89E7 #B5E789

analogous

#8C89E7 #BB89E7 #E789E4

triadic

#BB89E7 #E7BB89 #89E7BB

tetradic

#BB89E7 #E78C89 #B5E789 #89E4E7

square

#BB89E7 #E78C89 #B5E789 #89E4E7

split-complementary

#BB89E7 #E4E789 #89E78C

monochromatic

#802ACC #9E56DD #BB89E7 #D8BCF1 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB89E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BB89E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB89E7

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB89E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB89E7	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809FE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B598AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb89e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.142 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acef',
    500: '#bb89e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb89e7;
$custom-light: #d1acef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb89e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.915,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71428,
    "c": 0.14197,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB89E7

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CE176D

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB89E7

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

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