#BB5BE4#BB5BE4

#BB5BE4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.211 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BE4
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 228)
HSL	hsl(282, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(282, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 60.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.74, 59.90, -53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.74, 80.43, 318.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% 0.1476 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.211 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2359, 23.6496, 75.9344)
Luminance	0.2365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BE4 #84E45B

analogous

#775BE4 #BB5BE4 #E45BC8

triadic

#BB5BE4 #E4BB5B #5BE4BB

tetradic

#BB5BE4 #E4775B #84E45B #5BC8E4

square

#BB5BE4 #E4775B #84E45B #5BC8E4

split-complementary

#BB5BE4 #C8E45B #5BE477

monochromatic

#7F1CA9 #A526DB #BB5BE4 #D190ED #E7C4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#BB5BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#BB5BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BE4

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BE4	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E80E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5788E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.211 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38eed',
    500: '#bb5be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5be4;
$custom-light: #d38eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.044,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64408,
    "c": 0.21079,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BE4

secondary

#C3E6B4

accent

#D4124C

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BE4

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

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