#BB5BD5#BB5BD5

#BB5BD5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.196 H 318.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BD5
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 213)
HSL	hsl(287, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 57.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, 56.89, -46.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 73.48, 320.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% 0.1471 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.196 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2432, 22.8525, 65.4397)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BD5 #75D55B

analogous

#7E5BD5 #BB5BD5 #D55BB2

triadic

#BB5BD5 #D5BB5B #5BD5BB

tetradic

#BB5BD5 #D57E5B #75D55B #5BB2D5

square

#BB5BD5 #D57E5B #75D55B #5BB2D5

split-complementary

#BB5BD5 #B2D55B #5BD57E

monochromatic

#7A2591 #A332C1 #BB5BD5 #CF8CE1 #E3BCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#BB5BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#BB5BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BD5

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BD5	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F7DD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6287D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.196 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ee2',
    500: '#bb5bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bd5;
$custom-light: #d28ee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.213,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63551,
    "c": 0.19605,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BD5

secondary

#B8DEAE

accent

#E24567

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF1FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BD5

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

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