#BB5BD3#BB5BD3

#BB5BD3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.194 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BD3
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 211)
HSL	hsl(288, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(288, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 56.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, 56.49, -45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 72.56, 321.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% 0.147 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.194 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9910, 22.7516, 64.1111)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BD3 #73D35B

analogous

#7F5BD3 #BB5BD3 #D35BAF

triadic

#BB5BD3 #D3BB5B #5BD3BB

tetradic

#BB5BD3 #D37F5B #73D35B #5BAFD3

square

#BB5BD3 #D37F5B #73D35B #5BAFD3

split-complementary

#BB5BD3 #AFD35B #5BD37F

monochromatic

#79268E #A233BE #BB5BD3 #CF8BE0 #E3BCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#BB5BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#BB5BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BD3

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BD3	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#417DD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6387D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.194 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ee1',
    500: '#bb5bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bd3;
$custom-light: #d28ee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6344,
    "c": 0.1941,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BD3

secondary

#B7DCAD

accent

#E14766

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF1FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BD3

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

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