#BB5AD9#BB5AD9

#BB5AD9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.201 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5AD9
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 217)
HSL	hsl(286, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(286, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 58.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, 58.15, -48.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 75.86, 320.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% 0.1485 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.201 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6723, 22.8883, 68.1183)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5AD9 #78D95A

analogous

#7C5AD9 #BB5AD9 #D95AB7

triadic

#BB5AD9 #D9BB5A #5AD9BB

tetradic

#BB5AD9 #D97C5A #78D95A #5AB7D9

square

#BB5AD9 #D97C5A #78D95A #5AB7D9

split-complementary

#BB5AD9 #B7D95A #5AD97C

monochromatic

#7B2396 #A32EC8 #BB5AD9 #D08CE4 #E4BDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#BB5AD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#BB5AD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5AD9

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5AD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5AD9	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#397DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E87D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5ad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.201 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28de5',
    500: '#bb5ad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5ad9;
$custom-light: #d28de5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5ad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.827,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63646,
    "c": 0.20142,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5AD9

secondary

#BBE0AF

accent

#CA1B45

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5AD9

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

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