#BB4BDE#BB4BDE

#BB4BDE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.227 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4BDE
RGB	rgb(187, 75, 222)
HSL	hsl(286, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(286, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 66.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, 65.81, -54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 85.75, 320.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% 0.166 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.227 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1925, 20.8723, 71.2154)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4BDE #6EDE4B

analogous

#714BDE #BB4BDE #DE4BB8

triadic

#BB4BDE #DEBB4B #4BDEBB

tetradic

#BB4BDE #DE714B #6EDE4B #4BB8DE

square

#BB4BDE #DE714B #6EDE4B #4BB8DE

split-complementary

#BB4BDE #B8DE4B #4BDE71

monochromatic

#771B94 #A125C7 #BB4BDE #CF7FE7 #E2B2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#BB4BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#BB4BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB4BDE

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB4BDE	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E81DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9678F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 75, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.227 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d385e9',
    500: '#bb4bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4bde;
$custom-light: #d385e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.714,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62183,
    "c": 0.22658,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4BDE

secondary

#B3E0A5

accent

#EC3C66

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4BDE

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

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