#BB5AE7#BB5AE7

#BB5AE7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.215 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5AE7
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 231)
HSL	hsl(281, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 61%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, 60.98, -55.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 82.37, 317.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% 0.1488 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.215 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5710, 23.6478, 78.1185)
Luminance	0.2365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5AE7 #86E75A

analogous

#755AE7 #BB5AE7 #E75ACC

triadic

#BB5AE7 #E7BB5A #5AE7BB

tetradic

#BB5AE7 #E7755A #86E75A #5ACCE7

square

#BB5AE7 #E7755A #86E75A #5ACCE7

split-complementary

#BB5AE7 #CCE75A #5AE775

monochromatic

#7F19AD #A525DF #BB5AE7 #D18FEF #E7C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#BB5AE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#BB5AE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5AE7

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5AE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5AE7	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2680EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5488E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5ae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.215 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38eef',
    500: '#bb5ae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5ae7;
$custom-light: #d38eef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5ae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.277,
    "s": 74.603,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64461,
    "c": 0.21517,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5AE7

secondary

#C5E8B5

accent

#D70F4D

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5AE7

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

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