#BB51B8#BB51B8

#BB51B8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.184 H 328.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51B8
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 184)
HSL	hsl(302, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(302, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.74, 56.18, -34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.74, 66.13, 328.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% 0.1575 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.184 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0873, 19.9124, 47.4915)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51B8 #51BB54

analogous

#8951BB #BB51B8 #BB5183

triadic

#BB51B8 #B8BB51 #51B8BB

tetradic

#BB51B8 #BB8951 #51BB54 #5183BB

square

#BB51B8 #BB8951 #51BB54 #5183BB

split-complementary

#BB51B8 #83BB51 #51BB89

monochromatic

#692967 #953A92 #BB51B8 #CC7DCA #DDA9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#BB51B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#BB51B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51B8

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51B8	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4872BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15D7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.184 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d287cd',
    500: '#bb51b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51b8;
$custom-light: #d287cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.698,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60751,
    "c": 0.18436,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51B8

secondary

#9DCB9E

accent

#D45854

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51B8

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

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