#BB5BC9#BB5BC9

#BB5BC9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.184 H 322.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BC9
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 201)
HSL	hsl(292, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(292, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 54.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.31, 54.57, -40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.31, 68.04, 323.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% 0.1462 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.185 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7761, 22.2657, 57.7129)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BC9 #69C95B

analogous

#845BC9 #BB5BC9 #C95BA0

triadic

#BB5BC9 #C9BB5B #5BC9BB

tetradic

#BB5BC9 #C9845B #69C95B #5BA0C9

square

#BB5BC9 #C9845B #69C95B #5BA0C9

split-complementary

#BB5BC9 #A0C95B #5BC984

monochromatic

#752A80 #9F39AE #BB5BC9 #CE89D8 #E1B7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#BB5BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#BB5BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BC9

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BC9	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#497BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6886C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.184 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28eda',
    500: '#bb5bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bc9;
$custom-light: #d28eda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.364,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62903,
    "c": 0.1845,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BC9

secondary

#AFD6AA

accent

#DA4E60

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BC9

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

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