#BB6BE5#BB6BE5

#BB6BE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.188 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6BE5
RGB	rgb(187, 107, 229)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(279, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 53.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, 52.24, -49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 71.95, 316.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% 0.1275 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.188 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8916, 26.7383, 77.1731)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6BE5 #95E56B

analogous

#7E6BE5 #BB6BE5 #E56BD2

triadic

#BB6BE5 #E5BB6B #6BE5BB

tetradic

#BB6BE5 #E57E6B #95E56B #6BD2E5

square

#BB6BE5 #E57E6B #95E56B #6BD2E5

split-complementary

#BB6BE5 #D2E56B #6BE57E

monochromatic

#8220B6 #A337DC #BB6BE5 #D39FEE #EBD3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#BB6BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#BB6BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6BE5

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6BE5	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B89E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 107, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.188 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d298ee',
    500: '#bb6be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6be5;
$custom-light: #d298ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.344,
    "s": 70.115,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66618,
    "c": 0.18811,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6BE5

secondary

#D0EAC2

accent

#D21355

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6BE5

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

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