#BB5AD5#BB5AD5

#BB5AD5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.198 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5AD5
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 213)
HSL	hsl(287, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(287, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 57.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, 57.36, -46.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 74.02, 320.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.1484 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.198 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1583, 22.6827, 65.4114)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5AD5 #74D55A

analogous

#7E5AD5 #BB5AD5 #D55AB2

triadic

#BB5AD5 #D5BB5A #5AD5BB

tetradic

#BB5AD5 #D57E5A #74D55A #5AB2D5

square

#BB5AD5 #D57E5A #74D55A #5AB2D5

split-complementary

#BB5AD5 #B2D55A #5AD57E

monochromatic

#792590 #A231C1 #BB5AD5 #CF8BE1 #E3BCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#BB5AD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#BB5AD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5AD5

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5AD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5AD5	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D7CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6186D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5ad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.198 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28de2',
    500: '#bb5ad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5ad5;
$custom-light: #d28de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5ad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.317,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63422,
    "c": 0.19753,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5AD5

secondary

#B8DDAD

accent

#E34566

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5AD5

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

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