#BB4AE5#BB4AE5

#BB4AE5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.234 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4AE5
RGB	rgb(187, 74, 229)
HSL	hsl(284, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 67.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, 67.59, -58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 89.38, 319.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% 0.1667 -0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.234 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0829, 21.1208, 76.2369)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4AE5 #74E54A

analogous

#6E4AE5 #BB4AE5 #E54AC2

triadic

#BB4AE5 #E5BB4A #4AE5BB

tetradic

#BB4AE5 #E56E4A #74E54A #4AC2E5

square

#BB4AE5 #E56E4A #74E54A #4AC2E5

split-complementary

#BB4AE5 #C2E54A #4AE56E

monochromatic

#79179E #A21ED3 #BB4AE5 #CF80ED #E3B5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#BB4AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#BB4AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB4AE5

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB4AE5	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4782E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 74, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.234 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d385ee',
    500: '#bb4ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4ae5;
$custom-light: #d385ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.742,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62512,
    "c": 0.2342,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4AE5

secondary

#B8E4A7

accent

#F13669

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4AE5

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

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