#BB51C8#BB51C8

#BB51C8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.198 H 323.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51C8
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 200)
HSL	hsl(293, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(293, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 59.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.53, 59.05, -42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.53, 72.97, 324.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% 0.1589 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.198 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8603, 20.6216, 56.8292)
Luminance	0.2062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51C8 #5EC851

analogous

#7F51C8 #BB51C8 #C8519A

triadic

#BB51C8 #C8BB51 #51C8BB

tetradic

#BB51C8 #C87F51 #5EC851 #519AC8

square

#BB51C8 #C87F51 #5EC851 #519AC8

split-complementary

#BB51C8 #9AC851 #51C87F

monochromatic

#702679 #9B35A7 #BB51C8 #CD80D7 #DFAEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#BB51C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#BB51C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51C8

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51C8	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B75CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6282C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.198 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d288d9',
    500: '#bb51c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51c8;
$custom-light: #d288d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.445,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6159,
    "c": 0.19849,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51C8

secondary

#A7D3A1

accent

#DB4C5C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51C8

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

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