#BB89EB#BB89EB

#BB89EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.147 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB89EB
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 235)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 42%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 41.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, 37.53, -42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 56.63, 311.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% 0.0874 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.147 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4316, 34.4546, 82.8909)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB89EB #B9EB89

analogous

#8A89EB #BB89EB #EB89EA

triadic

#BB89EB #EBBB89 #89EBBB

tetradic

#BB89EB #EB8A89 #B9EB89 #89EAEB

square

#BB89EB #EB8A89 #B9EB89 #89EAEB

split-complementary

#BB89EB #EAEB89 #89EB8A

monochromatic

#7F24D5 #9D55E2 #BB89EB #D9BDF4 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB89EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BB89EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB89EB

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB89EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB89EB	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729DEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9FE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B499AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb89eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.147 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acf2',
    500: '#bb89eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb89eb;
$custom-light: #d1acf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb89eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.612,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71623,
    "c": 0.14683,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB89EB

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D31271

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB89EB

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

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