#BB89EE#BB89EE

#BB89EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.150 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB89EE
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 238)
HSL	hsl(270, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 42.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, 38.20, -43.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 58.15, 311.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.088 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.151 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8687, 34.6295, 85.1928)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB89EE #BCEE89

analogous

#8989EE #BB89EE #ED89EE

triadic

#BB89EE #EEBB89 #89EEBB

tetradic

#BB89EE #EE8989 #BCEE89 #89EEED

square

#BB89EE #EE8989 #BCEE89 #89EEED

split-complementary

#BB89EE #EEED89 #89EE89

monochromatic

#7D20DD #9C54E6 #BB89EE #DABEF6 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB89EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BB89EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB89EE

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB89EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB89EE	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719DF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9FEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B399B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb89ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.150 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acf4',
    500: '#bb89ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb89ee;
$custom-light: #d1acf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb89ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.703,
    "s": 74.815,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71771,
    "c": 0.1505,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB89EE

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D70F74

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB89EE

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

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