#BB5AEF#BB5AEF

#BB5AEF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.223 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5AEF
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 239)
HSL	hsl(279, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 62.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, 62.64, -59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 86.12, 316.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% 0.1486 -0.1664)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.223 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7268, 24.1101, 84.2056)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5AEF #8EEF5A

analogous

#715AEF #BB5AEF #EF5AD9

triadic

#BB5AEF #EFBB5A #5AEFBB

tetradic

#BB5AEF #EF715A #8EEF5A #5AD9EF

square

#BB5AEF #EF715A #8EEF5A #5AD9EF

split-complementary

#BB5AEF #D9EF5A #5AEF71

monochromatic

#8112BC #A422EA #BB5AEF #D292F4 #E9CAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#BB5AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#BB5AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5AEF

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5AEF	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1382F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D89EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5779D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.223 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ef5',
    500: '#bb5aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5aef;
$custom-light: #d38ef5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.06,
    "s": 82.32,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64947,
    "c": 0.2231,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5AEF

secondary

#CBECB9

accent

#DF0752

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF1FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5AEF

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

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