#BB5BD6#BB5BD6

#BB5BD6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.197 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BD6
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 214)
HSL	hsl(287, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 57.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, 57.08, -46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 73.94, 320.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% 0.1471 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.197 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3706, 22.9034, 66.1103)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BD6 #76D65B

analogous

#7D5BD6 #BB5BD6 #D65BB4

triadic

#BB5BD6 #D6BB5B #5BD6BB

tetradic

#BB5BD6 #D67D5B #76D65B #5BB4D6

square

#BB5BD6 #D67D5B #76D65B #5BB4D6

split-complementary

#BB5BD6 #B4D65B #5BD67D

monochromatic

#7A2592 #A331C3 #BB5BD6 #CF8CE2 #E4BDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#BB5BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#BB5BD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BD6

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BD6	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E7DDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6187D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.197 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ee3',
    500: '#bb5bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bd6;
$custom-light: #d28ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.829,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63606,
    "c": 0.19702,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BD6

secondary

#B9DEAF

accent

#E34567

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF1FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BD6

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

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