#BB5BD9#BB5BD9

#BB5BD9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.200 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BD9
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 217)
HSL	hsl(286, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(286, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 58.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, 57.68, -48.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 75.32, 319.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% 0.1473 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.2 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7572, 23.0581, 68.1466)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BD9 #79D95B

analogous

#7C5BD9 #BB5BD9 #D95BB8

triadic

#BB5BD9 #D9BB5B #5BD9BB

tetradic

#BB5BD9 #D97C5B #79D95B #5BB8D9

square

#BB5BD9 #D97C5B #79D95B #5BB8D9

split-complementary

#BB5BD9 #B8D95B #5BD97C

monochromatic

#7B2397 #A42EC8 #BB5BD9 #D08DE5 #E4BEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#BB5BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#BB5BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BD9

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BD9	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B7EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F87D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.200 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ee5',
    500: '#bb5bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bd9;
$custom-light: #d28ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.714,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63774,
    "c": 0.19995,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BD9

secondary

#BBE0B0

accent

#CA1B45

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BD9

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

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