#BB5AE9#BB5AE9

#BB5AE9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.217 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5AE9
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 233)
HSL	hsl(281, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 61.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, 61.39, -56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 83.30, 317.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% 0.1487 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.217 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8551, 23.7614, 79.6146)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5AE9 #88E95A

analogous

#735AE9 #BB5AE9 #E95AD0

triadic

#BB5AE9 #E9BB5A #5AE9BB

tetradic

#BB5AE9 #E9735A #88E95A #5AD0E9

square

#BB5AE9 #E9735A #88E95A #5AD0E9

split-complementary

#BB5AE9 #D0E95A #5AE973

monochromatic

#8018B1 #A524E2 #BB5AE9 #D190F0 #E8C6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#BB5AE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#BB5AE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5AE9

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5AE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5AE9	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2281ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5288E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5ae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.217 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ef1',
    500: '#bb5ae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5ae9;
$custom-light: #d38ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5ae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.699,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64581,
    "c": 0.21715,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5AE9

secondary

#C6E9B6

accent

#D90D4E

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5AE9

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

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