#BB4BD5#BB4BD5

#BB4BD5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.218 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4BD5
RGB	rgb(187, 75, 213)
HSL	hsl(289, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(289, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 64.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.29, 64.09, -50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.29, 81.71, 321.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% 0.1663 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.218 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0183, 20.4027, 65.0314)
Luminance	0.2040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4BD5 #65D54B

analogous

#764BD5 #BB4BD5 #D54BAA

triadic

#BB4BD5 #D5BB4B #4BD5BB

tetradic

#BB4BD5 #D5764B #65D54B #4BAAD5

square

#BB4BD5 #D5764B #65D54B #4BAAD5

split-complementary

#BB4BD5 #AAD54B #4BD576

monochromatic

#731F86 #9D2BB8 #BB4BD5 #CE7DE1 #E0AEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#BB4BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#BB4BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB4BD5

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB4BD5	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F75D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5581D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB638A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 75, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.218 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d385e2',
    500: '#bb4bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4bd5;
$custom-light: #d385e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.696,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61641,
    "c": 0.21844,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4BD5

secondary

#ACDAA2

accent

#E54361

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4BD5

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

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