#BB6EE5#BB6EE5

#BB6EE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.183 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6EE5
RGB	rgb(187, 110, 229)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(279, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 52%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, 50.70, -48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 70.19, 316.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% 0.1235 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.183 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2098, 27.3747, 77.2792)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6EE5 #98E56E

analogous

#806EE5 #BB6EE5 #E56ED3

triadic

#BB6EE5 #E5BB6E #6EE5BB

tetradic

#BB6EE5 #E5806E #98E56E #6ED3E5

square

#BB6EE5 #E5806E #98E56E #6ED3E5

split-complementary

#BB6EE5 #D3E56E #6EE580

monochromatic

#8221B8 #A33ADC #BB6EE5 #D3A2EE #ECD6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BB6EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#BB6EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6EE5

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6EE5	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#508BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6891E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7829F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 110, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.183 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29aee',
    500: '#bb6ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6ee5;
$custom-light: #d29aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 69.591,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67051,
    "c": 0.18345,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6EE5

secondary

#D2EBC4

accent

#D21457

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6EE5

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

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