#BB5ADE#BB5ADE

#BB5ADE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.206 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5ADE
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 222)
HSL	hsl(284, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 59.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, 59.15, -51.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 78.17, 319.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% 0.1487 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.206 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3325, 23.1524, 71.5954)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5ADE #7DDE5A

analogous

#795ADE #BB5ADE #DE5ABF

triadic

#BB5ADE #DEBB5A #5ADEBB

tetradic

#BB5ADE #DE795A #7DDE5A #5ABFDE

square

#BB5ADE #DE795A #7DDE5A #5ABFDE

split-complementary

#BB5ADE #BFDE5A #5ADE79

monochromatic

#7C209E #A52AD1 #BB5ADE #D08DE8 #E5C0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#BB5ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#BB5ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5ADE

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5ADE	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#337EE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B87DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.206 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ee9',
    500: '#bb5ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5ade;
$custom-light: #d38ee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.091,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63932,
    "c": 0.2063,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5ADE

secondary

#BEE3B1

accent

#CF1748

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5ADE

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

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