#BB51CE#BB51CE

#BB51CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.204 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51CE
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 206)
HSL	hsl(291, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(291, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 60.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, 60.17, -45.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 75.62, 322.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% 0.1592 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.204 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5753, 20.9076, 60.5949)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51CE #64CE51

analogous

#7D51CE #BB51CE #CE51A3

triadic

#BB51CE #CEBB51 #51CEBB

tetradic

#BB51CE #CE7D51 #64CE51 #51A3CE

square

#BB51CE #CE7D51 #64CE51 #51A3CE

split-complementary

#BB51CE #A3CE51 #51CE7D

monochromatic

#722480 #9D32B0 #BB51CE #CE81DB #E0B1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#BB51CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#BB51CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51CE

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51CE	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3577D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E82CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.204 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d288dd',
    500: '#bb51ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51ce;
$custom-light: #d288dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.88,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61921,
    "c": 0.20394,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51CE

secondary

#ABD7A4

accent

#DF485F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51CE

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

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