#BB5AE5#BB5AE5

#BB5AE5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.213 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5AE5
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(282, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(282, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 60.57, -54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 81.43, 318.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% 0.1488 -0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.213 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2902, 23.5354, 76.6393)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5AE5 #84E55A

analogous

#765AE5 #BB5AE5 #E55AC9

triadic

#BB5AE5 #E5BB5A #5AE5BB

tetradic

#BB5AE5 #E5765A #84E55A #5AC9E5

square

#BB5AE5 #E5765A #84E55A #5AC9E5

split-complementary

#BB5AE5 #C9E55A #5AE576

monochromatic

#7F1BAA #A525DD #BB5AE5 #D18FED #E7C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#BB5AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#BB5AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5AE5

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5AE5	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A80E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5588E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.213 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38eee',
    500: '#bb5ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5ae5;
$custom-light: #d38eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.871,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64342,
    "c": 0.21319,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5AE5

secondary

#C3E7B4

accent

#D5114C

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5AE5

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

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