#BB51C7#BB51C7

#BB51C7 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.198 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51C7
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 199)
HSL	hsl(294, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(294, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 59.3%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.48, 58.86, -42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.48, 72.53, 324.25°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% 0.1588 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.198 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7438, 20.5750, 56.2157)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51C7 #5DC751

analogous

#8051C7 #BB51C7 #C75198

triadic

#BB51C7 #C7BB51 #51C7BB

tetradic

#BB51C7 #C78051 #5DC751 #5198C7

square

#BB51C7 #C78051 #5DC751 #5198C7

split-complementary

#BB51C7 #98C751 #51C780

monochromatic

#6F2677 #9A35A6 #BB51C7 #CD7FD6 #DFAEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#BB51C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#BB51C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51C7

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51C7	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C75CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6282C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.198 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d288d8',
    500: '#bb51c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51c7;
$custom-light: #d288d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.898,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61535,
    "c": 0.19758,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51C7

secondary

#A6D3A1

accent

#DB4D5B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51C7

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

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