#BB5AEE#BB5AEE

#BB5AEE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.222 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5AEE
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 238)
HSL	hsl(279, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 62.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 62.43, -58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 85.65, 316.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% 0.1486 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.222 312)
XYZ	xyz(39.5795, 24.0512, 83.4297)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5AEE #8DEE5A

analogous

#715AEE #BB5AEE #EE5AD7

triadic

#BB5AEE #EEBB5A #5AEEBB

tetradic

#BB5AEE #EE715A #8DEE5A #5AD7EE

square

#BB5AEE #EE715A #8DEE5A #5AD7EE

split-complementary

#BB5AEE #D7EE5A #5AEE71

monochromatic

#8113BA #A423E8 #BB5AEE #D291F4 #E9C9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#BB5AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#BB5AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5AEE

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5AEE	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1682F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E89EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5769C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.222 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ef4',
    500: '#bb5aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5aee;
$custom-light: #d38ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.324,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64886,
    "c": 0.22211,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.2405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5AEE

secondary

#CAECB8

accent

#DE0852

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF1FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5AEE

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

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