#BB5BED#BB5BED

#BB5BED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.220 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BED
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 237)
HSL	hsl(279, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 61.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, 61.76, -57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 84.66, 316.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% 0.1475 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.22 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5179, 24.1624, 82.6864)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BED #8DED5B

analogous

#725BED #BB5BED #ED5BD6

triadic

#BB5BED #EDBB5B #5BEDBB

tetradic

#BB5BED #ED725B #8DED5B #5BD6ED

square

#BB5BED #ED725B #8DED5B #5BD6ED

split-complementary

#BB5BED #D6ED5B #5BED72

monochromatic

#8114B9 #A424E7 #BB5BED #D292F3 #E9C9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#BB5BED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#BB5BED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BED

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BED	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D82F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5089EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5779C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.220 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ff3',
    500: '#bb5bed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bed;
$custom-light: #d38ff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.452,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64947,
    "c": 0.21975,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BED

secondary

#CAEBB9

accent

#DD0951

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BED

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

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