#BB5EB5#BB5EB5

#BB5EB5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.161 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5EB5
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(304, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, 49.42, -29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 57.67, 328.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% 0.1393 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.161 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8364, 21.9083, 46.2063)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5EB5 #5EBB64

analogous

#925EBB #BB5EB5 #BB5E86

triadic

#BB5EB5 #B5BB5E #5EB5BB

tetradic

#BB5EB5 #BB925E #5EBB64 #5E86BB

square

#BB5EB5 #BB925E #5EBB64 #5E86BB

split-complementary

#BB5EB5 #86BB5E #5EBB92

monochromatic

#702F6B #9B4195 #BB5EB5 #CD89C9 #DFB4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#BB5EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#BB5EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5EB5

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5EB5	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5979B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7485B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.161 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18fcb',
    500: '#bb5eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5eb5;
$custom-light: #d18fcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.871,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6232,
    "c": 0.16125,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5EB5

secondary

#A7CEA9

accent

#D05F57

background

#FDF9FC

surface

#FAF1F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140D13

muted

#837E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5EB5

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

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