#BB5EE9#BB5EE9

#BB5EE9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.212 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5EE9
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 233)
HSL	hsl(280, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(280, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 59.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.54, 59.51, -55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.54, 81.17, 317.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% 0.144 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.212 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2016, 24.4544, 79.7301)
Luminance	0.2445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5EE9 #8CE95E

analogous

#765EE9 #BB5EE9 #E95ED2

triadic

#BB5EE9 #E9BB5E #5EE9BB

tetradic

#BB5EE9 #E9765E #8CE95E #5ED2E9

square

#BB5EE9 #E9765E #8CE95E #5ED2E9

split-complementary

#BB5EE9 #D2E95E #5EE976

monochromatic

#8119B4 #A428E2 #BB5EE9 #D294F0 #E8CAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#BB5EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#BB5EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5EE9

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5EE9	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D83ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#568AE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6779B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.212 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d390f1',
    500: '#bb5ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5ee9;
$custom-light: #d390f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.144,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65084,
    "c": 0.21155,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5EE9

secondary

#C9EAB9

accent

#D80D50

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5EE9

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

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