#BB89E9#BB89E9

#BB89E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.144 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB89E9
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 233)
HSL	hsl(271, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 41.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, 37.08, -41.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 55.61, 311.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0871 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.144 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.1443, 34.3397, 81.3777)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB89E9 #B7E989

analogous

#8B89E9 #BB89E9 #E989E7

triadic

#BB89E9 #E9BB89 #89E9BB

tetradic

#BB89E9 #E98B89 #B7E989 #89E7E9

square

#BB89E9 #E98B89 #B7E989 #89E7E9

split-complementary

#BB89E9 #E7E989 #89E98B

monochromatic

#7F27D1 #9D55DF #BB89E9 #D9BDF3 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB89E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BB89E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB89E9

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB89E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB89E9	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739CED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9FE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B498AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb89e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.144 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acf0',
    500: '#bb89e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb89e9;
$custom-light: #d1acf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb89e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.25,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71525,
    "c": 0.1444,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB89E9

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D1156F

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB89E9

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

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