#BB5FB5#BB5FB5

#BB5FB5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.160 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5FB5
RGB	rgb(187, 95, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(304, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, 48.92, -29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 57.09, 328.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.1379 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.16 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9259, 22.0873, 46.2361)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5FB5 #5FBB65

analogous

#935FBB #BB5FB5 #BB5F87

triadic

#BB5FB5 #B5BB5F #5FB5BB

tetradic

#BB5FB5 #BB935F #5FBB65 #5F87BB

square

#BB5FB5 #BB935F #5FBB65 #5F87BB

split-complementary

#BB5FB5 #87BB5F #5FBB93

monochromatic

#70306C #9B4295 #BB5FB5 #CD8AC9 #E0B5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#BB5FB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#BB5FB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5FB5

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5FB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5FB5	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A79B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7486B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5fb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 95, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.160 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d190cb',
    500: '#bb5fb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5fb5;
$custom-light: #d190cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5fb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.913,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62461,
    "c": 0.1596,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5FB5

secondary

#A8CEAA

accent

#D05F58

background

#FDF9FC

surface

#FAF1F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140D13

muted

#837E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5FB5

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

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