#BB5BDB#BB5BDB

#BB5BDB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.202 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BDB
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 219)
HSL	hsl(285, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(285, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 58.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, 58.08, -49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 76.24, 319.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% 0.1474 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.202 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0189, 23.1628, 69.5250)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BDB #7BDB5B

analogous

#7B5BDB #BB5BDB #DB5BBB

triadic

#BB5BDB #DBBB5B #5BDBBB

tetradic

#BB5BDB #DB7B5B #7BDB5B #5BBBDB

square

#BB5BDB #DB7B5B #7BDB5B #5BBBDB

split-complementary

#BB5BDB #BBDB5B #5BDB7B

monochromatic

#7C229A #A42DCC #BB5BDB #D08DE6 #E5BFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#BB5BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#BB5BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BDB

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BDB	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#397EDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E87D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.202 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ee7',
    500: '#bb5bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bdb;
$custom-light: #d28ee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63887,
    "c": 0.20192,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BDB

secondary

#BDE1B1

accent

#CC1A46

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BDB

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

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