#BB6DE5#BB6DE5

#BB6DE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.185 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6DE5
RGB	rgb(187, 109, 229)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(279, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 52.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, 51.21, -48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 70.78, 316.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% 0.1248 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.185 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1026, 27.1601, 77.2434)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6DE5 #97E56D

analogous

#7F6DE5 #BB6DE5 #E56DD3

triadic

#BB6DE5 #E5BB6D #6DE5BB

tetradic

#BB6DE5 #E57F6D #97E56D #6DD3E5

square

#BB6DE5 #E57F6D #97E56D #6DD3E5

split-complementary

#BB6DE5 #D3E56D #6DE57F

monochromatic

#8221B7 #A339DC #BB6DE5 #D3A1EE #EBD5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BB6DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#BB6DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6DE5

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6DE5	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E8AE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6790E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7819F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 109, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.185 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d299ee',
    500: '#bb6de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6de5;
$custom-light: #d299ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66906,
    "c": 0.185,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6DE5

secondary

#D1EAC3

accent

#D21456

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6DE5

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

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