#BB51CF#BB51CF

#BB51CF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.205 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51CF
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 207)
HSL	hsl(290, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(290, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 60.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.90, 60.36, -46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.90, 76.06, 322.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% 0.1592 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.205 321)
XYZ	xyz(34.6971, 20.9563, 61.2367)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51CF #65CF51

analogous

#7C51CF #BB51CF #CF51A4

triadic

#BB51CF #CFBB51 #51CFBB

tetradic

#BB51CF #CF7C51 #65CF51 #51A4CF

square

#BB51CF #CF7C51 #65CF51 #51A4CF

split-complementary

#BB51CF #A4CF51 #51CF7C

monochromatic

#732482 #9D31B2 #BB51CF #CE81DC #E0B1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#BB51CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#BB51CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51CF

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51CF	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3477D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E82CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.205 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d288de',
    500: '#bb51cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51cf;
$custom-light: #d288de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.476,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61977,
    "c": 0.20485,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.20955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51CF

secondary

#ACD8A4

accent

#E04860

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51CF

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

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