#BB51D4#BB51D4

#BB51D4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.209 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51D4
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 212)
HSL	hsl(289, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(289, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 61.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, 61.31, -48.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 78.30, 321.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% 0.1593 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.209 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3181, 21.2047, 64.5071)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51D4 #6AD451

analogous

#7A51D4 #BB51D4 #D451AB

triadic

#BB51D4 #D4BB51 #51D4BB

tetradic

#BB51D4 #D47A51 #6AD451 #51ABD4

square

#BB51D4 #D47A51 #6AD451 #51ABD4

split-complementary

#BB51D4 #ABD451 #51D47A

monochromatic

#752289 #9F2EBA #BB51D4 #CE82E0 #E1B3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#BB51D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#BB51D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51D4

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51D4	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E78D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A83D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB678B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.209 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388e2',
    500: '#bb51d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51d4;
$custom-light: #d388e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.55,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62262,
    "c": 0.20946,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51D4

secondary

#B0DBA6

accent

#E44463

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51D4

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

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