#BB5EB3#BB5EB3

#BB5EB3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.159 H 330.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5EB3
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 179)
HSL	hsl(305, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(305, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 4.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, 49.07, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 56.85, 329.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% 0.1389 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.159 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6326, 21.8268, 45.1333)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5EB3 #5EBB66

analogous

#945EBB #BB5EB3 #BB5E85

triadic

#BB5EB3 #B3BB5E #5EB3BB

tetradic

#BB5EB3 #BB945E #5EBB66 #5E85BB

square

#BB5EB3 #BB945E #5EBB66 #5E85BB

split-complementary

#BB5EB3 #85BB5E #5EBB94

monochromatic

#702F6A #9B4193 #BB5EB3 #CD89C7 #DFB4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#BB5EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#BB5EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5EB3

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5EB3	1.00	3.91	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A79B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7485B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.159 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18fca',
    500: '#bb5eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5eb3;
$custom-light: #d18fca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.161,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62228,
    "c": 0.15948,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5EB3

secondary

#A7CEAA

accent

#D06257

background

#FDF9FC

surface

#FAF1F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140D13

muted

#837E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5EB3

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

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