#BB5CD9#BB5CD9

#BB5CD9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.198 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5CD9
RGB	rgb(187, 92, 217)
HSL	hsl(286, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(286, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 57.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, 57.20, -48.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 74.77, 319.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% 0.146 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.198 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8433, 23.2302, 68.1753)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5CD9 #7AD95C

analogous

#7C5CD9 #BB5CD9 #D95CB8

triadic

#BB5CD9 #D9BB5C #5CD9BB

tetradic

#BB5CD9 #D97C5C #7AD95C #5CB8D9

square

#BB5CD9 #D97C5C #7AD95C #5CB8D9

split-complementary

#BB5CD9 #B8D95C #5CD97C

monochromatic

#7B2397 #A42FC9 #BB5CD9 #D08EE5 #E4BFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#BB5CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#BB5CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5CD9

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5CD9	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D7EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6087D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 92, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.198 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28fe5',
    500: '#bb5cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5cd9;
$custom-light: #d28fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.6,
    "s": 62.189,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63903,
    "c": 0.19848,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5CD9

secondary

#BCE0B1

accent

#CA1C45

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5CD9

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

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