#BB5CD5#BB5CD5

#BB5CD5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.195 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5CD5
RGB	rgb(187, 92, 213)
HSL	hsl(287, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 56.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, 56.41, -46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 72.93, 320.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% 0.1458 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.195 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3293, 23.0246, 65.4684)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5CD5 #76D55C

analogous

#7E5CD5 #BB5CD5 #D55CB3

triadic

#BB5CD5 #D5BB5C #5CD5BB

tetradic

#BB5CD5 #D57E5C #76D55C #5CB3D5

square

#BB5CD5 #D57E5C #76D55C #5CB3D5

split-complementary

#BB5CD5 #B3D55C #5CD57E

monochromatic

#7A2591 #A332C2 #BB5CD5 #CF8DE2 #E4BDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#BB5CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#BB5CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5CD5

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5CD5	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#407ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6287D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 92, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.195 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28fe2',
    500: '#bb5cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5cd5;
$custom-light: #d28fe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.107,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6368,
    "c": 0.19455,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5CD5

secondary

#B9DEAF

accent

#E24667

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF1FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5CD5

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

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