#BB5DD9#BB5DD9

#BB5DD9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.197 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5DD9
RGB	rgb(187, 93, 217)
HSL	hsl(285, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(285, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 57.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.49, 56.72, -47.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.49, 74.22, 319.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% 0.1448 -0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.197 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9305, 23.4046, 68.2044)
Luminance	0.2340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5DD9 #7BD95D

analogous

#7D5DD9 #BB5DD9 #D95DB9

triadic

#BB5DD9 #D9BB5D #5DD9BB

tetradic

#BB5DD9 #D97D5D #7BD95D #5DB9D9

square

#BB5DD9 #D97D5D #7BD95D #5DB9D9

split-complementary

#BB5DD9 #B9D95D #5DD97D

monochromatic

#7C2498 #A42FCA #BB5DD9 #D08FE5 #E5C0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#BB5DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#BB5DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5DD9

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5DD9	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E7FDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6188D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 93, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.197 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28fe5',
    500: '#bb5dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5dd9;
$custom-light: #d28fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.484,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64033,
    "c": 0.197,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5DD9

secondary

#BDE0B1

accent

#CA1C46

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5DD9

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

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