#BB51B2#BB51B2

#BB51B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.179 H 330.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51B2
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 178)
HSL	hsl(305, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(305, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 4.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.46, 55.15, -31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.46, 63.68, 330.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% 0.1567 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.179 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4717, 19.6661, 44.2492)
Luminance	0.1966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51B2 #51BB5A

analogous

#8F51BB #BB51B2 #BB517D

triadic

#BB51B2 #B2BB51 #51B2BB

tetradic

#BB51B2 #BB8F51 #51BB5A #517DBB

square

#BB51B2 #BB8F51 #51BB5A #517DBB

split-complementary

#BB51B2 #7DBB51 #51BB8F

monochromatic

#692963 #953A8D #BB51B2 #CC7DC5 #DDA9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#BB51B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#BB51B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51B2

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51B2	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B71B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D80AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.179 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d287c9',
    500: '#bb51b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51b2;
$custom-light: #d287c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.094,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60454,
    "c": 0.17928,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51B2

secondary

#9DCBA1

accent

#D45F54

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51B2

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

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