#BB5EE6#BB5EE6

#BB5EE6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.209 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5EE6
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 230)
HSL	hsl(281, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(281, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 59.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, 58.89, -53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 79.76, 317.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% 0.144 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.209 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7767, 24.2845, 77.4923)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5EE6 #89E65E

analogous

#775EE6 #BB5EE6 #E65ECD

triadic

#BB5EE6 #E6BB5E #5EE6BB

tetradic

#BB5EE6 #E6775E #89E65E #5ECDE6

square

#BB5EE6 #E6775E #89E65E #5ECDE6

split-complementary

#BB5EE6 #CDE65E #5EE677

monochromatic

#801BAF #A529DE #BB5EE6 #D193EE #E8C8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#BB5EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#BB5EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5EE6

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5EE6	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3282EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5889E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.209 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d390ee',
    500: '#bb5ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5ee6;
$custom-light: #d390ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.029,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64907,
    "c": 0.20853,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5EE6

secondary

#C7E8B8

accent

#D5104F

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5EE6

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

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