#BB5BE7#BB5BE7

#BB5BE7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.214 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BE7
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 231)
HSL	hsl(281, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 60.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, 60.52, -55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 81.84, 317.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% 0.1476 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.214 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6560, 23.8176, 78.1468)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BE7 #87E75B

analogous

#755BE7 #BB5BE7 #E75BCD

triadic

#BB5BE7 #E7BB5B #5BE7BB

tetradic

#BB5BE7 #E7755B #87E75B #5BCDE7

square

#BB5BE7 #E7755B #87E75B #5BCDE7

split-complementary

#BB5BE7 #CDE75B #5BE775

monochromatic

#7F19AE #A526DF #BB5BE7 #D190EF #E7C6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#BB5BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#BB5BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BE7

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BE7	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2981EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5588E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.214 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38eef',
    500: '#bb5be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5be7;
$custom-light: #d38eef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.143,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64586,
    "c": 0.21377,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BE7

secondary

#C6E8B6

accent

#D70F4E

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BE7

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

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