#BB5AE1#BB5AE1

#BB5AE1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.209 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5AE1
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 225)
HSL	hsl(283, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 60%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, 59.76, -52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 79.57, 318.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.1487 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.209 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7381, 23.3146, 73.7318)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5AE1 #80E15A

analogous

#785AE1 #BB5AE1 #E15AC4

triadic

#BB5AE1 #E1BB5A #5AE1BB

tetradic

#BB5AE1 #E1785A #80E15A #5AC4E1

square

#BB5AE1 #E1785A #80E15A #5AC4E1

split-complementary

#BB5AE1 #C4E15A #5AE178

monochromatic

#7D1EA3 #A527D7 #BB5AE1 #D08EEA #E6C2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#BB5AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#BB5AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5AE1

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5AE1	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#307FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5987DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.209 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38eeb',
    500: '#bb5ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5ae1;
$custom-light: #d38eeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.111,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64107,
    "c": 0.20925,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5AE1

secondary

#C0E4B2

accent

#D11449

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5AE1

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

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