#BB5BD7#BB5BD7

#BB5BD7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.198 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BD7
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 215)
HSL	hsl(286, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(286, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 57.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, 57.28, -47.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 74.40, 320.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% 0.1472 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.198 318)
XYZ	xyz(36.4986, 22.9547, 66.7849)
Luminance	0.2295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BD7 #77D75B

analogous

#7D5BD7 #BB5BD7 #D75BB5

triadic

#BB5BD7 #D7BB5B #5BD7BB

tetradic

#BB5BD7 #D77D5B #77D75B #5BB5D7

square

#BB5BD7 #D77D5B #77D75B #5BB5D7

split-complementary

#BB5BD7 #B5D75B #5BD77D

monochromatic

#7A2494 #A330C5 #BB5BD7 #CF8CE3 #E4BDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#BB5BD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#BB5BD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BD7

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BD7	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D7DDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6087D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.198 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ee4',
    500: '#bb5bd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bd7;
$custom-light: #d28ee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.452,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63662,
    "c": 0.198,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.22953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BD7

secondary

#BADFAF

accent

#E44468

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D15

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BD7

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

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