#BB50D8#BB50D8

#BB50D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.215 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB50D8
RGB	rgb(187, 80, 216)
HSL	hsl(287, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(287, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 63%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, 62.52, -50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 80.61, 320.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% 0.1605 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.215 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7552, 21.2615, 67.1729)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB50D8 #6DD850

analogous

#7750D8 #BB50D8 #D850B1

triadic

#BB50D8 #D8BB50 #50D8BB

tetradic

#BB50D8 #D87750 #6DD850 #50B1D8

square

#BB50D8 #D87750 #6DD850 #50B1D8

split-complementary

#BB50D8 #B1D850 #50D877

monochromatic

#76208E #A02BC0 #BB50D8 #CE82E3 #E2B4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#BB50D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#BB50D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB50D8

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB50D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB50D8	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2678DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5783D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB688D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb50d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 80, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.215 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388e5',
    500: '#bb50d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb50d8;
$custom-light: #d388e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb50d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.206,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62378,
    "c": 0.21453,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB50D8

secondary

#B2DDA7

accent

#E74164

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB50D8

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

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