#BB5BEE#BB5BEE

#BB5BEE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.221 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BEE
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 238)
HSL	hsl(279, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 61.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, 61.97, -58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 85.13, 316.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% 0.1475 -0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.221 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6644, 24.2210, 83.4580)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BEE #8EEE5B

analogous

#725BEE #BB5BEE #EE5BD7

triadic

#BB5BEE #EEBB5B #5BEEBB

tetradic

#BB5BEE #EE725B #8EEE5B #5BD7EE

square

#BB5BEE #EE725B #8EEE5B #5BD7EE

split-complementary

#BB5BEE #D7EE5B #5BEE72

monochromatic

#8113BB #A424E8 #BB5BEE #D292F4 #E9CAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#BB5BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#BB5BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BEE

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BEE	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A82F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F89EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5779C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.221 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ff4',
    500: '#bb5bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bee;
$custom-light: #d38ff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.184,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65008,
    "c": 0.22075,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BEE

secondary

#CBECB9

accent

#DE0852

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF1FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BEE

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

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