#BB4CE5#BB4CE5

#BB4CE5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.232 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4CE5
RGB	rgb(187, 76, 229)
HSL	hsl(284, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 66.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, 66.77, -58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 88.45, 319.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% 0.1646 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.232 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2185, 21.3921, 76.2821)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4CE5 #76E54C

analogous

#6E4CE5 #BB4CE5 #E54CC3

triadic

#BB4CE5 #E5BB4C #4CE5BB

tetradic

#BB4CE5 #E56E4C #76E54C #4CC3E5

square

#BB4CE5 #E56E4C #76E54C #4CC3E5

split-complementary

#BB4CE5 #C3E54C #4CE56E

monochromatic

#7A179F #A31FD5 #BB4CE5 #CF81ED #E4B7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#BB4CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#BB4CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB4CE5

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB4CE5	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4982E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 76, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.232 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d386ee',
    500: '#bb4ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4ce5;
$custom-light: #d386ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.529,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62723,
    "c": 0.23173,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4CE5

secondary

#B9E4A9

accent

#F1376A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4CE5

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

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