#BB5BCD#BB5BCD

#BB5BCD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.188 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BCD
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 205)
HSL	hsl(291, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(291, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 55.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, 55.33, -42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 69.83, 322.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% 0.1465 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.188 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2528, 22.4563, 60.2234)
Luminance	0.2245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BCD #6DCD5B

analogous

#825BCD #BB5BCD #CD5BA6

triadic

#BB5BCD #CDBB5B #5BCDBB

tetradic

#BB5BCD #CD825B #6DCD5B #5BA6CD

square

#BB5BCD #CD825B #6DCD5B #5BA6CD

split-complementary

#BB5BCD #A6CD5B #5BCD82

monochromatic

#762985 #A037B4 #BB5BCD #CE8ADB #E2B9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#BB5BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#BB5BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BCD

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BCD	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#467BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6686CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.188 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28edd',
    500: '#bb5bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bcd;
$custom-light: #d28edd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.526,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63115,
    "c": 0.18831,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BCD

secondary

#B2D9AB

accent

#DD4B62

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BCD

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

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