#BB5CEE#BB5CEE

#BB5CEE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.219 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5CEE
RGB	rgb(187, 92, 238)
HSL	hsl(279, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(279, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 61.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, 61.50, -58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 84.60, 316.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% 0.1463 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.219 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7505, 24.3931, 83.4867)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5CEE #8FEE5C

analogous

#725CEE #BB5CEE #EE5CD8

triadic

#BB5CEE #EEBB5C #5CEEBB

tetradic

#BB5CEE #EE725C #8FEE5C #5CD8EE

square

#BB5CEE #EE725C #8FEE5C #5CD8EE

split-complementary

#BB5CEE #D8EE5C #5CEE72

monochromatic

#8114BC #A425E8 #BB5CEE #D293F4 #E9CBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#BB5CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#BB5CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5CEE

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5CEE	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E83F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5089EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5789D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 92, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.219 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ff4',
    500: '#bb5cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5cee;
$custom-light: #d38ff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.041,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65132,
    "c": 0.21938,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5CEE

secondary

#CBECBA

accent

#DD0853

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF1FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5CEE

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

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