#BB4ED8#BB4ED8

#BB4ED8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.217 H 318.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4ED8
RGB	rgb(187, 78, 216)
HSL	hsl(287, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(287, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 63.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.92, 63.39, -51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.92, 81.60, 320.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% 0.1628 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.217 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6109, 20.9730, 67.1248)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4ED8 #6BD84E

analogous

#764ED8 #BB4ED8 #D84EB0

triadic

#BB4ED8 #D8BB4E #4ED8BB

tetradic

#BB4ED8 #D8764E #6BD84E #4EB0D8

square

#BB4ED8 #D8764E #6BD84E #4EB0D8

split-complementary

#BB4ED8 #B0D84E #4ED876

monochromatic

#761F8D #A02ABF #BB4ED8 #CE80E3 #E2B2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#BB4ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#BB4ED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB4ED8

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB4ED8	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2177DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5582D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB668C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 78, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.217 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d387e5',
    500: '#bb4ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4ed8;
$custom-light: #d387e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.391,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62151,
    "c": 0.21722,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4ED8

secondary

#B1DDA5

accent

#E74164

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4ED8

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

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