#BB5EE5#BB5EE5

#BB5EE5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.208 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5EE5
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 229)
HSL	hsl(281, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 59%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 58.68, -53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 79.28, 317.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% 0.1439 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.208 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6367, 24.2285, 76.7548)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5EE5 #88E55E

analogous

#775EE5 #BB5EE5 #E55ECC

triadic

#BB5EE5 #E5BB5E #5EE5BB

tetradic

#BB5EE5 #E5775E #88E55E #5ECCE5

square

#BB5EE5 #E5775E #88E55E #5ECCE5

split-complementary

#BB5EE5 #CCE55E #5EE577

monochromatic

#801CAD #A529DC #BB5EE5 #D193EE #E8C7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#BB5EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#BB5EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5EE5

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5EE5	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3382E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5989E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.208 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d390ee',
    500: '#bb5ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5ee5;
$custom-light: #d390ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.333,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64848,
    "c": 0.20751,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5EE5

secondary

#C6E7B7

accent

#D4114E

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5EE5

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

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