#BB5ACD#BB5ACD

#BB5ACD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.190 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5ACD
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 205)
HSL	hsl(291, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(291, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 56.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, 55.81, -42.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 70.39, 322.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% 0.1478 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.19 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1679, 22.2865, 60.1950)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5ACD #6CCD5A

analogous

#825ACD #BB5ACD #CD5AA5

triadic

#BB5ACD #CDBB5A #5ACDBB

tetradic

#BB5ACD #CD825A #6CCD5A #5AA5CD

square

#BB5ACD #CD825A #6CCD5A #5AA5CD

split-complementary

#BB5ACD #A5CD5A #5ACD82

monochromatic

#762884 #A036B3 #BB5ACD #CE89DB #E2B8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#BB5ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#BB5ACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5ACD

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5ACD	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#447BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6586CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.190 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ddd',
    500: '#bb5acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5acd;
$custom-light: #d28ddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.609,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62985,
    "c": 0.18983,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5ACD

secondary

#B2D8AA

accent

#DD4B62

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5ACD

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

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