#BB5EC5#BB5EC5

#BB5EC5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.176 H 323.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5EC5
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 197)
HSL	hsl(294, 47%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(294, 52%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 52.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, 52.35, -37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 64.56, 324.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% 0.1417 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.176 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5733, 22.6031, 55.3542)
Luminance	0.2260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5EC5 #68C55E

analogous

#885EC5 #BB5EC5 #C55E9C

triadic

#BB5EC5 #C5BB5E #5EC5BB

tetradic

#BB5EC5 #C5885E #68C55E #5E9CC5

square

#BB5EC5 #C5885E #68C55E #5E9CC5

split-complementary

#BB5EC5 #9CC55E #5EC588

monochromatic

#742D7C #9E3DA9 #BB5EC5 #CE8BD5 #E1B8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#BB5EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#BB5EC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5EC5

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5EC5	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F7CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D87C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.176 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28fd7',
    500: '#bb5ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5ec5;
$custom-light: #d28fd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.175,
    "s": 47.032,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.631,
    "c": 0.17601,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5EC5

secondary

#AFD4AA

accent

#D7515E

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF1FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140D14

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5EC5

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

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