#BB4EE9#BB4EE9

#BB4EE9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.233 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4EE9
RGB	rgb(187, 78, 233)
HSL	hsl(282, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(282, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 66.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, 66.72, -59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 89.33, 318.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% 0.1622 -0.1672)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.233 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9234, 21.8980, 79.3040)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4EE9 #7CE94E

analogous

#6D4EE9 #BB4EE9 #E94EC9

triadic

#BB4EE9 #E9BB4E #4EE9BB

tetradic

#BB4EE9 #E96D4E #7CE94E #4EC9E9

square

#BB4EE9 #E96D4E #7CE94E #4EC9E9

split-complementary

#BB4EE9 #C9E94E #4EE96D

monochromatic

#7C15A8 #A41CDE #BB4EE9 #D084F0 #E5BBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#BB4EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#BB4EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB4EE9

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB4EE9	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4784E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 78, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.233 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d387f1',
    500: '#bb4ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4ee9;
$custom-light: #d387f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.194,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6319,
    "c": 0.23294,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4EE9

secondary

#BEE7AC

accent

#DA0B49

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4EE9

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

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