#BB5BD4#BB5BD4

#BB5BD4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.195 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BD4
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 212)
HSL	hsl(288, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(288, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 57.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, 56.69, -46.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 73.02, 320.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.147 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.195 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1167, 22.8019, 64.7733)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BD4 #74D45B

analogous

#7F5BD4 #BB5BD4 #D45BB1

triadic

#BB5BD4 #D4BB5B #5BD4BB

tetradic

#BB5BD4 #D47F5B #74D45B #5BB1D4

square

#BB5BD4 #D47F5B #74D45B #5BB1D4

split-complementary

#BB5BD4 #B1D45B #5BD47F

monochromatic

#79268F #A232C0 #BB5BD4 #CF8BE1 #E3BCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#BB5BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#BB5BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BD4

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BD4	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#407DD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6287D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.195 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ee2',
    500: '#bb5bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bd4;
$custom-light: #d28ee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.603,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63495,
    "c": 0.19507,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BD4

secondary

#B8DDAE

accent

#E24666

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF1FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BD4

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

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