#BB51CD#BB51CD

#BB51CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.203 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51CD
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 205)
HSL	hsl(291, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(291, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 60.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, 59.98, -45.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 75.17, 322.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% 0.1591 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.203 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4542, 20.8591, 59.9572)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51CD #63CD51

analogous

#7D51CD #BB51CD #CD51A1

triadic

#BB51CD #CDBB51 #51CDBB

tetradic

#BB51CD #CD7D51 #63CD51 #51A1CD

square

#BB51CD #CD7D51 #63CD51 #51A1CD

split-complementary

#BB51CD #A1CD51 #51CD7D

monochromatic

#72257F #9D32AF #BB51CD #CE81DB #E0B0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#BB51CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#BB51CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51CD

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51CD	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3676D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F82CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.203 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d288dd',
    500: '#bb51cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51cd;
$custom-light: #d288dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.29,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61865,
    "c": 0.20302,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51CD

secondary

#ABD7A3

accent

#DF495F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51CD

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

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