#BB5BC5#BB5BC5

#BB5BC5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.181 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BC5
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 197)
HSL	hsl(294, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(294, 54%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 53.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.11, 53.81, -38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.11, 66.26, 324.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% 0.1458 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.181 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3117, 22.0799, 55.2670)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BC5 #65C55B

analogous

#865BC5 #BB5BC5 #C55B9A

triadic

#BB5BC5 #C5BB5B #5BC5BB

tetradic

#BB5BC5 #C5865B #65C55B #5B9AC5

square

#BB5BC5 #C5865B #65C55B #5B9AC5

split-complementary

#BB5BC5 #9AC55B #5BC586

monochromatic

#732B7A #9D3BA8 #BB5BC5 #CE88D5 #E0B5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#BB5BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#BB5BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BC5

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BC5	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C7AC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A85C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.181 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ed7',
    500: '#bb5bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bc5;
$custom-light: #d28ed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.34,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62696,
    "c": 0.18073,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BC5

secondary

#ACD4A8

accent

#D7505D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140D14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BC5

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

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