#BB5AE4#BB5AE4

#BB5AE4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.212 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5AE4
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 228)
HSL	hsl(282, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 60.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, 60.37, -53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 80.96, 318.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% 0.1488 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.212 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1510, 23.4798, 75.9061)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5AE4 #83E45A

analogous

#765AE4 #BB5AE4 #E45AC8

triadic

#BB5AE4 #E4BB5A #5AE4BB

tetradic

#BB5AE4 #E4765A #83E45A #5AC8E4

square

#BB5AE4 #E4765A #83E45A #5AC8E4

split-complementary

#BB5AE4 #C8E45A #5AE476

monochromatic

#7E1CA8 #A525DB #BB5AE4 #D18FED #E6C3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#BB5AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#BB5AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5AE4

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5AE4	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B80E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5688E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.212 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38eed',
    500: '#bb5ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5ae4;
$custom-light: #d38eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.174,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64283,
    "c": 0.2122,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5AE4

secondary

#C3E6B4

accent

#D4124B

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5AE4

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

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