#BB51D7#BB51D7

#BB51D7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.212 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51D7
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 215)
HSL	hsl(287, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(287, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 62.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, 61.88, -50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 79.66, 320.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.1594 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.212 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7000, 21.3575, 66.5187)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51D7 #6DD751

analogous

#7851D7 #BB51D7 #D751B0

triadic

#BB51D7 #D7BB51 #51D7BB

tetradic

#BB51D7 #D77851 #6DD751 #51B0D7

square

#BB51D7 #D77851 #6DD751 #51B0D7

split-complementary

#BB51D7 #B0D751 #51D778

monochromatic

#76208D #A02CBF #BB51D7 #CE83E2 #E2B5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#BB51D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#BB51D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51D7

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51D7	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A78DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5883D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB688D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.212 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388e4',
    500: '#bb51d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51d7;
$custom-light: #d388e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.463,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62435,
    "c": 0.21225,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51D7

secondary

#B2DDA7

accent

#E64264

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C15

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51D7

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

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