#BB5BE1#BB5BE1

#BB5BE1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.208 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BE1
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 225)
HSL	hsl(283, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 59.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, 59.29, -52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 79.03, 318.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.1475 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.208 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8231, 23.4844, 73.7601)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BE1 #81E15B

analogous

#785BE1 #BB5BE1 #E15BC4

triadic

#BB5BE1 #E1BB5B #5BE1BB

tetradic

#BB5BE1 #E1785B #81E15B #5BC4E1

square

#BB5BE1 #E1785B #81E15B #5BC4E1

split-complementary

#BB5BE1 #C4E15B #5BE178

monochromatic

#7E1EA4 #A527D7 #BB5BE1 #D08FEA #E6C2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#BB5BE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#BB5BE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BE1

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BE1	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#327FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5988DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5be1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.208 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38eeb',
    500: '#bb5be1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5be1;
$custom-light: #d38eeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5be1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.985,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64232,
    "c": 0.20783,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BE1

secondary

#C1E5B3

accent

#D1144A

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BE1

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

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