#BB5BD8#BB5BD8

#BB5BD8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.199 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BD8
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 216)
HSL	hsl(286, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(286, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 57.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, 57.48, -47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 74.86, 320.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% 0.1472 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.199 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6275, 23.0062, 67.4637)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BD8 #78D85B

analogous

#7C5BD8 #BB5BD8 #D85BB6

triadic

#BB5BD8 #D8BB5B #5BD8BB

tetradic

#BB5BD8 #D87C5B #78D85B #5BB6D8

square

#BB5BD8 #D87C5B #78D85B #5BB6D8

split-complementary

#BB5BD8 #B6D85B #5BD87C

monochromatic

#7B2395 #A32FC7 #BB5BD8 #D08CE4 #E4BEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#BB5BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#BB5BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BD8

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BD8	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C7EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6087D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.199 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ee4',
    500: '#bb5bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bd8;
$custom-light: #d28ee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.08,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63718,
    "c": 0.19897,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BD8

secondary

#BBDFAF

accent

#C91C44

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BD8

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

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