#BB5BDD#BB5BDD

#BB5BDD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.204 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BDD
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 221)
HSL	hsl(284, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 58.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.35, 58.48, -50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.35, 77.17, 319.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64% 0.1474 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.204 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2838, 23.2687, 70.9199)
Luminance	0.2327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BDD #7DDD5B

analogous

#7A5BDD #BB5BDD #DD5BBE

triadic

#BB5BDD #DDBB5B #5BDDBB

tetradic

#BB5BDD #DD7A5B #7DDD5B #5BBEDD

square

#BB5BDD #DD7A5B #7DDD5B #5BBEDD

split-complementary

#BB5BDD #BEDD5B #5BDD7A

monochromatic

#7C219D #A52BD0 #BB5BDD #D08EE8 #E5C0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#BB5BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#BB5BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BDD

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BDD	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#377FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C87DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.204 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ee8',
    500: '#bb5bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bdd;
$custom-light: #d28ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.308,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64001,
    "c": 0.20388,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BDD

secondary

#BEE2B1

accent

#CE1847

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BDD

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

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