#BB51D3#BB51D3

#BB51D3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.209 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51D3
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 211)
HSL	hsl(289, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(289, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 61.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, 61.12, -48.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 77.85, 321.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% 0.1593 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.209 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1924, 21.1544, 63.8449)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51D3 #69D351

analogous

#7A51D3 #BB51D3 #D351AA

triadic

#BB51D3 #D3BB51 #51D3BB

tetradic

#BB51D3 #D37A51 #69D351 #51AAD3

square

#BB51D3 #D37A51 #69D351 #51AAD3

split-complementary

#BB51D3 #AAD351 #51D37A

monochromatic

#752287 #9F2FB8 #BB51D3 #CE82DF #E1B3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#BB51D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#BB51D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51D3

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51D3	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F78D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B83D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC668B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.209 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388e1',
    500: '#bb51d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51d3;
$custom-light: #d388e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.923,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62204,
    "c": 0.20853,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51D3

secondary

#AFDAA6

accent

#E34562

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51D3

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

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