#BB5DCD#BB5DCD

#BB5DCD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.185 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5DCD
RGB	rgb(187, 93, 205)
HSL	hsl(290, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(290, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 54.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, 54.36, -42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 68.72, 322.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% 0.1439 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.185 321)
XYZ	xyz(35.4260, 22.8028, 60.2811)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5DCD #6FCD5D

analogous

#835DCD #BB5DCD #CD5DA7

triadic

#BB5DCD #CDBB5D #5DCDBB

tetradic

#BB5DCD #CD835D #6FCD5D #5DA7CD

square

#BB5DCD #CD835D #6FCD5D #5DA7CD

split-complementary

#BB5DCD #A7CD5D #5DCD83

monochromatic

#772986 #A138B5 #BB5DCD #CF8CDB #E2BBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#BB5DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#BB5DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5DCD

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5DCD	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#497DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6887CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 93, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.185 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28fdd',
    500: '#bb5dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5dcd;
$custom-light: #d28fdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.357,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6338,
    "c": 0.18524,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.22801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5DCD

secondary

#B4D9AD

accent

#DC4C63

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF1FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5DCD

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

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