#BB5BDE#BB5BDE

#BB5BDE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.205 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BDE
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 222)
HSL	hsl(284, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 59%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, 58.68, -50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 77.63, 319.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% 0.1475 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.205 316)
XYZ	xyz(37.4174, 23.3222, 71.6237)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BDE #7EDE5B

analogous

#7A5BDE #BB5BDE #DE5BC0

triadic

#BB5BDE #DEBB5B #5BDEBB

tetradic

#BB5BDE #DE7A5B #7EDE5B #5BC0DE

square

#BB5BDE #DE7A5B #7EDE5B #5BC0DE

split-complementary

#BB5BDE #C0DE5B #5BDE7A

monochromatic

#7D209F #A52AD2 #BB5BDE #D08EE8 #E5C1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#BB5BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#BB5BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BDE

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BDE	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#357FE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C87DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.205 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ee9',
    500: '#bb5bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bde;
$custom-light: #d28ee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.969,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64059,
    "c": 0.20486,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.23321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BDE

secondary

#BFE3B2

accent

#CE1748

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BDE

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

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