#BB5BE5#BB5BE5

#BB5BE5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.212 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BE5
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 229)
HSL	hsl(282, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(282, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 60.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, 60.10, -54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 80.90, 317.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% 0.1476 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.212 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3751, 23.7053, 76.6676)
Luminance	0.2370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BE5 #85E55B

analogous

#765BE5 #BB5BE5 #E55BCA

triadic

#BB5BE5 #E5BB5B #5BE5BB

tetradic

#BB5BE5 #E5765B #85E55B #5BCAE5

square

#BB5BE5 #E5765B #85E55B #5BCAE5

split-complementary

#BB5BE5 #CAE55B #5BE576

monochromatic

#7F1BAB #A526DD #BB5BE5 #D190ED #E7C5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#BB5BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#BB5BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BE5

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BE5	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C80E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5688E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.212 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38eee',
    500: '#bb5be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5be5;
$custom-light: #d38eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.739,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64467,
    "c": 0.21179,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BE5

secondary

#C4E7B5

accent

#D5114C

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BE5

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

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