#BB5BC8#BB5BC8

#BB5BC8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.184 H 322.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BC8
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 200)
HSL	hsl(293, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(293, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 54.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.26, 54.38, -40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.26, 67.59, 323.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% 0.1461 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.184 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6589, 22.2188, 57.0954)
Luminance	0.2222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BC8 #68C85B

analogous

#855BC8 #BB5BC8 #C85B9F

triadic

#BB5BC8 #C8BB5B #5BC8BB

tetradic

#BB5BC8 #C8855B #68C85B #5B9FC8

square

#BB5BC8 #C8855B #68C85B #5B9FC8

split-complementary

#BB5BC8 #9FC85B #5BC885

monochromatic

#742A7E #9E3AAC #BB5BC8 #CE89D7 #E1B7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#BB5BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#BB5BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BC8

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BC8	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#497BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6986C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.184 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ed9',
    500: '#bb5bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bc8;
$custom-light: #d28ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.844,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62851,
    "c": 0.18356,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BC8

secondary

#AFD6A9

accent

#D94F5F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140D14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BC8

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

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