#BB5CBD#BB5CBD

#BB5CBD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.172 H 326.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5CBD
RGB	rgb(187, 92, 189)
HSL	hsl(299, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(299, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 51.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, 51.85, -34.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 62.20, 326.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.1434 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.172 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5053, 21.8950, 50.5956)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5CBD #5EBD5C

analogous

#8B5CBD #BB5CBD #BD5C8E

triadic

#BB5CBD #BDBB5C #5CBDBB

tetradic

#BB5CBD #BD8B5C #5EBD5C #5C8EBD

square

#BB5CBD #BD8B5C #5EBD5C #5C8EBD

split-complementary

#BB5CBD #8EBD5C #5CBD8B

monochromatic

#702E71 #9B3F9C #BB5CBD #CD88CF #DFB3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#BB5CBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#BB5CBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5CBD

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5CBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5CBD	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5279C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F85BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5cbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 92, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.172 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ed1',
    500: '#bb5cbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5cbd;
$custom-light: #d28ed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5cbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.763,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62427,
    "c": 0.17173,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5CBD

secondary

#A7CFA6

accent

#D25658

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140D14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5CBD

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

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