#BB51D5#BB51D5

#BB51D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.210 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51D5
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 213)
HSL	hsl(288, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(288, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 62%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, 61.50, -49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 78.75, 321.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% 0.1594 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.21 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4446, 21.2553, 65.1735)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51D5 #6BD551

analogous

#7951D5 #BB51D5 #D551AD

triadic

#BB51D5 #D5BB51 #51D5BB

tetradic

#BB51D5 #D57951 #6BD551 #51ADD5

square

#BB51D5 #D57951 #6BD551 #51ADD5

split-complementary

#BB51D5 #ADD551 #51D579

monochromatic

#76218A #A02DBC #BB51D5 #CE82E1 #E2B4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#BB51D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#BB51D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51D5

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51D5	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D78D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A83D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB678C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.210 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388e2',
    500: '#bb51d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51d5;
$custom-light: #d388e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.182,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62319,
    "c": 0.21039,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51D5

secondary

#B1DBA6

accent

#E44463

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51D5

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

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