#BB5AEA#BB5AEA

#BB5AEA is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.218 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5AEA
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 234)
HSL	hsl(280, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(280, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 61.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, 61.60, -56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 83.77, 317.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% 0.1487 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.218 313)
XYZ	xyz(38.9984, 23.8187, 80.3691)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5AEA #89EA5A

analogous

#735AEA #BB5AEA #EA5AD1

triadic

#BB5AEA #EABB5A #5AEABB

tetradic

#BB5AEA #EA735A #89EA5A #5AD1EA

square

#BB5AEA #EA735A #89EA5A #5AD1EA

split-complementary

#BB5AEA #D1EA5A #5AEA73

monochromatic

#8017B3 #A524E3 #BB5AEA #D190F1 #E8C7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#BB5AEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#BB5AEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5AEA

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5AEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5AEA	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2081EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5188E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6759A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5aea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.218 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ef1',
    500: '#bb5aea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5aea;
$custom-light: #d38ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5aea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.417,
    "s": 77.419,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64642,
    "c": 0.21814,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.23818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5AEA

secondary

#C7E9B6

accent

#DA0C4F

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5AEA

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

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