#BB5BE6#BB5BE6

#BB5BE6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.213 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BE6
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 230)
HSL	hsl(281, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 60.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, 60.31, -54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 81.37, 317.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% 0.1476 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.213 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5151, 23.7613, 77.4051)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BE6 #86E65B

analogous

#755BE6 #BB5BE6 #E65BCB

triadic

#BB5BE6 #E6BB5B #5BE6BB

tetradic

#BB5BE6 #E6755B #86E65B #5BCBE6

square

#BB5BE6 #E6755B #86E65B #5BCBE6

split-complementary

#BB5BE6 #CBE65B #5BE675

monochromatic

#7F1AAC #A526DE #BB5BE6 #D190EE #E7C5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#BB5BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#BB5BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BE6

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BE6	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B80EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5688E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.213 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38eee',
    500: '#bb5be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5be6;
$custom-light: #d38eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.439,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64526,
    "c": 0.21278,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BE6

secondary

#C5E7B5

accent

#D6104D

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BE6

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

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