#BB5BBE#BB5BBE

#BB5BBE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.174 H 326.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BBE
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 190)
HSL	hsl(298, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(298, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 52.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, 52.52, -35.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 63.20, 326.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% 0.1449 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.174 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5282, 21.7665, 51.1405)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BBE #5EBE5B

analogous

#8A5BBE #BB5BBE #BE5B8F

triadic

#BB5BBE #BEBB5B #5BBEBB

tetradic

#BB5BBE #BE8A5B #5EBE5B #5B8FBE

square

#BB5BBE #BE8A5B #5EBE5B #5B8FBE

split-complementary

#BB5BBE #8FBE5B #5BBE8A

monochromatic

#702D72 #9B3E9D #BB5BBE #CD87CF #DFB3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#BB5BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#BB5BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BBE

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BBE	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5079C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E85BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.174 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28dd2',
    500: '#bb5bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bbe;
$custom-light: #d28dd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.182,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62342,
    "c": 0.17423,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BBE

secondary

#A7CFA6

accent

#D35559

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140D14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BBE

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

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