#BB50D9#BB50D9

#BB50D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.215 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB50D9
RGB	rgb(187, 80, 217)
HSL	hsl(287, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(287, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 63.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.29, 62.71, -51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.29, 81.06, 320.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% 0.1605 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.215 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8848, 21.3134, 67.8558)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB50D9 #6ED950

analogous

#7650D9 #BB50D9 #D950B3

triadic

#BB50D9 #D9BB50 #50D9BB

tetradic

#BB50D9 #D97650 #6ED950 #50B3D9

square

#BB50D9 #D97650 #6ED950 #50B3D9

split-complementary

#BB50D9 #B3D950 #50D976

monochromatic

#771F8F #A12AC2 #BB50D9 #CF82E4 #E2B5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#BB50D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#BB50D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB50D9

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB50D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB50D9	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2478DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5683D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA688E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb50d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 80, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.215 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388e5',
    500: '#bb50d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb50d9;
$custom-light: #d388e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb50d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.861,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62437,
    "c": 0.21546,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB50D9

secondary

#B3DEA7

accent

#E74065

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB50D9

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

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