#BB51BB#BB51BB

#BB51BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.187 H 327.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51BB
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(300, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.88, 56.70, -36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.88, 67.38, 327.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% 0.1578 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.187 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4051, 20.0395, 49.1653)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51BB #51BB51

analogous

#8651BB #BB51BB #BB5186

triadic

#BB51BB #BBBB51 #51BBBB

tetradic

#BB51BB #BB8651 #51BB51 #5186BB

square

#BB51BB #BB8651 #51BB51 #5186BB

split-complementary

#BB51BB #86BB51 #51BB86

monochromatic

#692969 #953A95 #BB51BB #CC7DCC #DDA9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#BB51BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#BB51BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51BB

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51BB	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4673BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6981B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.187 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d288d0',
    500: '#bb51bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51bb;
$custom-light: #d288d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60903,
    "c": 0.18695,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51BB

secondary

#9DCB9D

accent

#D45454

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51BB

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

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