#BB4EE5#BB4EE5

#BB4EE5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.229 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4EE5
RGB	rgb(187, 78, 229)
HSL	hsl(283, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(283, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 65.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, 65.92, -57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 87.50, 318.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% 0.1624 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.229 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3585, 21.6720, 76.3288)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4EE5 #78E54E

analogous

#6F4EE5 #BB4EE5 #E54EC4

triadic

#BB4EE5 #E5BB4E #4EE5BB

tetradic

#BB4EE5 #E56F4E #78E54E #4EC4E5

square

#BB4EE5 #E56F4E #78E54E #4EC4E5

split-complementary

#BB4EE5 #C4E54E #4EE56F

monochromatic

#7B18A1 #A31FD6 #BB4EE5 #CF83ED #E4B9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#BB4EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#BB4EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB4EE5

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB4EE5	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B83E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 78, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.229 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d387ee',
    500: '#bb4ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4ee5;
$custom-light: #d387ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.311,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62939,
    "c": 0.22922,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4EE5

secondary

#BBE4AA

accent

#D70F46

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4EE5

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

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