#BB4ED9#BB4ED9

#BB4ED9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.218 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4ED9
RGB	rgb(187, 78, 217)
HSL	hsl(287, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(287, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 64.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, 63.58, -51.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 82.05, 320.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% 0.1628 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.218 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7406, 21.0249, 67.8078)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4ED9 #6CD94E

analogous

#754ED9 #BB4ED9 #D94EB2

triadic

#BB4ED9 #D9BB4E #4ED9BB

tetradic

#BB4ED9 #D9754E #6CD94E #4EB2D9

square

#BB4ED9 #D9754E #6CD94E #4EB2D9

split-complementary

#BB4ED9 #B2D94E #4ED975

monochromatic

#761F8E #A029C0 #BB4ED9 #CE80E4 #E2B3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#BB4ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#BB4ED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB4ED9

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB4ED9	1.00	4.03	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F77DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5582D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB678D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 78, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.218 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d387e5',
    500: '#bb4ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4ed9;
$custom-light: #d387e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.05,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6221,
    "c": 0.21813,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4ED9

secondary

#B2DDA6

accent

#E84064

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4ED9

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

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