#BB5BEA#BB5BEA

#BB5BEA is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.217 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BEA
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 234)
HSL	hsl(280, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(280, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 61.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, 61.14, -56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 83.25, 317.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% 0.1475 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.217 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0833, 23.9885, 80.3974)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BEA #8AEA5B

analogous

#735BEA #BB5BEA #EA5BD1

triadic

#BB5BEA #EABB5B #5BEABB

tetradic

#BB5BEA #EA735B #8AEA5B #5BD1EA

square

#BB5BEA #EA735B #8AEA5B #5BD1EA

split-complementary

#BB5BEA #D1EA5B #5BEA73

monochromatic

#8017B4 #A525E3 #BB5BEA #D191F1 #E8C8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#BB5BEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#BB5BEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BEA

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BEA	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2481EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5289E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6769A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.217 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ef1',
    500: '#bb5bea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bea;
$custom-light: #d38ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.28,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64765,
    "c": 0.21676,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BEA

secondary

#C8EAB7

accent

#DA0C50

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BEA

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

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