#BB6EDE#BB6EDE

#BB6EDE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.176 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6EDE
RGB	rgb(187, 110, 222)
HSL	hsl(281, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(281, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 50.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, 49.21, -45.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 66.81, 317.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% 0.1228 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.176 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2521, 26.9916, 72.2353)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6EDE #91DE6E

analogous

#836EDE #BB6EDE #DE6EC9

triadic

#BB6EDE #DEBB6E #6EDEBB

tetradic

#BB6EDE #DE836E #91DE6E #6EC9DE

square

#BB6EDE #DE836E #91DE6E #6EC9DE

split-complementary

#BB6EDE #C9DE6E #6EDE83

monochromatic

#8227AB #A43CD3 #BB6EDE #D2A0E9 #EAD2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#BB6EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#BB6EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6EDE

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6EDE	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5589E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C90DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 110, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.176 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29ae9',
    500: '#bb6ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6ede;
$custom-light: #d29ae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66676,
    "c": 0.17587,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6EDE

secondary

#CDE7C1

accent

#CB1B52

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6EDE

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

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