#BB5CE5#BB5CE5

#BB5CE5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.210 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5CE5
RGB	rgb(187, 92, 229)
HSL	hsl(282, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(282, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 59.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, 59.63, -53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 80.37, 317.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% 0.1464 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.21 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4612, 23.8774, 76.6963)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5CE5 #86E55C

analogous

#765CE5 #BB5CE5 #E55CCA

triadic

#BB5CE5 #E5BB5C #5CE5BB

tetradic

#BB5CE5 #E5765C #86E55C #5CCAE5

square

#BB5CE5 #E5765C #86E55C #5CCAE5

split-complementary

#BB5CE5 #CAE55C #5CE576

monochromatic

#7F1BAB #A527DD #BB5CE5 #D191ED #E7C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#BB5CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#BB5CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5CE5

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5CE5	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E81E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5789E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 92, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.210 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38fee',
    500: '#bb5ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5ce5;
$custom-light: #d38fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.606,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64593,
    "c": 0.21037,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5CE5

secondary

#C5E7B6

accent

#D5114D

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5CE5

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

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