#BB5EEE#BB5EEE

#BB5EEE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.217 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5EEE
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 238)
HSL	hsl(279, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(279, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 60.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, 60.56, -57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 83.54, 316.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.144 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.217 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9260, 24.7442, 83.5452)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5EEE #91EE5E

analogous

#735EEE #BB5EEE #EE5ED9

triadic

#BB5EEE #EEBB5E #5EEEBB

tetradic

#BB5EEE #EE735E #91EE5E #5ED9EE

square

#BB5EEE #EE735E #91EE5E #5ED9EE

split-complementary

#BB5EEE #D9EE5E #5EEE73

monochromatic

#8214BE #A427E8 #BB5EEE #D295F4 #EACDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#BB5EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#BB5EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5EEE

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5EEE	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2584F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#528AEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5799E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.217 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d390f4',
    500: '#bb5eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5eee;
$custom-light: #d390f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.75,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65383,
    "c": 0.21661,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5EEE

secondary

#CDECBB

accent

#DD0854

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF1FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5EEE

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

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