#BB5BCB#BB5BCB

#BB5BCB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.186 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BCB
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 203)
HSL	hsl(291, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(291, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 55.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.41, 54.95, -41.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.41, 68.93, 322.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% 0.1464 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.186 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0129, 22.3604, 58.9600)
Luminance	0.2236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BCB #6BCB5B

analogous

#835BCB #BB5BCB #CB5BA3

triadic

#BB5BCB #CBBB5B #5BCBBB

tetradic

#BB5BCB #CB835B #6BCB5B #5BA3CB

square

#BB5BCB #CB835B #6BCB5B #5BA3CB

split-complementary

#BB5BCB #A3CB5B #5BCB83

monochromatic

#762982 #A038B1 #BB5BCB #CE89DA #E2B8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#BB5BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#BB5BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BCB

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BCB	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#477BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6786C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.186 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28edb',
    500: '#bb5bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bcb;
$custom-light: #d28edb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63009,
    "c": 0.1864,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BCB

secondary

#B1D7AA

accent

#DB4C61

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BCB

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

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