#BB5DE5#BB5DE5

#BB5DE5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.209 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5DE5
RGB	rgb(187, 93, 229)
HSL	hsl(281, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 59.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 59.16, -53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 79.83, 317.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% 0.1452 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.209 314)
XYZ	xyz(38.5484, 24.0518, 76.7254)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5DE5 #87E55D

analogous

#775DE5 #BB5DE5 #E55DCB

triadic

#BB5DE5 #E5BB5D #5DE5BB

tetradic

#BB5DE5 #E5775D #87E55D #5DCBE5

square

#BB5DE5 #E5775D #87E55D #5DCBE5

split-complementary

#BB5DE5 #CBE55D #5DE577

monochromatic

#7F1CAC #A528DD #BB5DE5 #D192ED #E7C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#BB5DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#BB5DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5DE5

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5DE5	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3181E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5889E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 93, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.209 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d390ee',
    500: '#bb5de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5de5;
$custom-light: #d390ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.471,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6472,
    "c": 0.20895,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.24051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5DE5

secondary

#C6E7B7

accent

#D4114D

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5DE5

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

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