#BB51D2#BB51D2

#BB51D2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.208 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51D2
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 210)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(289, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 61.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, 60.92, -47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 77.40, 321.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% 0.1593 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.208 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0674, 21.1044, 63.1867)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51D2 #68D251

analogous

#7A51D2 #BB51D2 #D251A9

triadic

#BB51D2 #D2BB51 #51D2BB

tetradic

#BB51D2 #D27A51 #68D251 #51A9D2

square

#BB51D2 #D27A51 #68D251 #51A9D2

split-complementary

#BB51D2 #A9D251 #51D27A

monochromatic

#742386 #9E2FB7 #BB51D2 #CE82DF #E1B2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#BB51D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#BB51D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51D2

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51D2	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3177D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C82CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC668A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.208 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388e0',
    500: '#bb51d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51d2;
$custom-light: #d388e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.302,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62147,
    "c": 0.20762,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51D2

secondary

#AFDAA5

accent

#E24662

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51D2

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

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