#BB51BE#BB51BE

#BB51BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.190 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51BE
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 190)
HSL	hsl(298, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(298, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 57.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, 57.23, -37.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 68.65, 326.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% 0.1581 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.19 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7296, 20.1693, 50.8743)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51BE #54BE51

analogous

#8451BE #BB51BE #BE518A

triadic

#BB51BE #BEBB51 #51BEBB

tetradic

#BB51BE #BE8451 #54BE51 #518ABE

square

#BB51BE #BE8451 #54BE51 #518ABE

split-complementary

#BB51BE #8ABE51 #51BE84

monochromatic

#6A286C #963999 #BB51BE #CC7ECF #DEAADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#BB51BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#BB51BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51BE

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51BE	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4373C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6781BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.190 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d288d2',
    500: '#bb51be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51be;
$custom-light: #d288d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.349,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61058,
    "c": 0.18957,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51BE

secondary

#9FCD9E

accent

#D55356

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51BE

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

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