#BB5CC5#BB5CC5

#BB5CC5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.179 H 323.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5CC5
RGB	rgb(187, 92, 197)
HSL	hsl(294, 48%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(294, 53%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 53.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.29, 53.33, -38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.29, 65.70, 324.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% 0.1444 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.179 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3978, 22.2520, 55.2957)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5CC5 #66C55C

analogous

#875CC5 #BB5CC5 #C55C9B

triadic

#BB5CC5 #C5BB5C #5CC5BB

tetradic

#BB5CC5 #C5875C #66C55C #5C9BC5

square

#BB5CC5 #C5875C #66C55C #5C9BC5

split-complementary

#BB5CC5 #9BC55C #5CC587

monochromatic

#732C7B #9E3CA8 #BB5CC5 #CE89D5 #E1B6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#BB5CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#BB5CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5CC5

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5CC5	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D7BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B86C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 92, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.179 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ed7',
    500: '#bb5cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5cc5;
$custom-light: #d28ed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.286,
    "s": 47.511,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62829,
    "c": 0.17916,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5CC5

secondary

#ADD4A9

accent

#D7515D

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF1FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140D14

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5CC5

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

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