#BB5CEC#BB5CEC

#BB5CEC is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.217 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5CEC
RGB	rgb(187, 92, 236)
HSL	hsl(280, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(280, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 61%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, 61.08, -57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 83.66, 316.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% 0.1464 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.217 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4583, 24.2762, 81.9478)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5CEC #8DEC5C

analogous

#735CEC #BB5CEC #EC5CD5

triadic

#BB5CEC #ECBB5C #5CECBB

tetradic

#BB5CEC #EC735C #8DEC5C #5CD5EC

square

#BB5CEC #EC735C #8DEC5C #5CD5EC

split-complementary

#BB5CEC #D5EC5C #5CEC73

monochromatic

#8115B8 #A425E6 #BB5CEC #D293F2 #E9CAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#BB5CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#BB5CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5CEC

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5CEC	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2382F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5289E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6779C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 92, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.217 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ff3',
    500: '#bb5cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5cec;
$custom-light: #d38ff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.583,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65011,
    "c": 0.21737,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5CEC

secondary

#CAEBB9

accent

#DB0A51

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5CEC

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

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