#BB89E8#BB89E8

#BB89E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.143 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB89E8
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 232)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 40.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, 36.85, -40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 55.10, 311.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% 0.0869 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.143 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0018, 34.2827, 80.6275)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB89E8 #B6E889

analogous

#8C89E8 #BB89E8 #E889E6

triadic

#BB89E8 #E8BB89 #89E8BB

tetradic

#BB89E8 #E88C89 #B6E889 #89E6E8

square

#BB89E8 #E88C89 #B6E889 #89E6E8

split-complementary

#BB89E8 #E6E889 #89E88C

monochromatic

#8028CE #9D56DE #BB89E8 #D9BCF2 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB89E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BB89E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB89E8

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB89E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB89E8	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749CEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B598AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb89e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.143 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acef',
    500: '#bb89e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb89e8;
$custom-light: #d1acef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb89e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 67.376,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71476,
    "c": 0.14318,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB89E8

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#CF166E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB89E8

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

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