#BB5AED#BB5AED

#BB5AED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.221 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5AED
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 237)
HSL	hsl(280, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(280, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 62%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, 62.22, -58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 85.18, 316.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% 0.1487 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.221 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4330, 23.9926, 82.6581)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5AED #8CED5A

analogous

#725AED #BB5AED #ED5AD6

triadic

#BB5AED #EDBB5A #5AEDBB

tetradic

#BB5AED #ED725A #8CED5A #5AD6ED

square

#BB5AED #ED725A #8CED5A #5AD6ED

split-complementary

#BB5AED #D6ED5A #5AED72

monochromatic

#8114B8 #A423E7 #BB5AED #D291F3 #E8C8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#BB5AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#BB5AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5AED

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5AED	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1981F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F88EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5769C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.221 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ef3',
    500: '#bb5aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5aed;
$custom-light: #d38ef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.592,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64824,
    "c": 0.22111,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5AED

secondary

#C9EBB8

accent

#DD0951

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5AED

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

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