#BB51DB#BB51DB

#BB51DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.216 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51DB
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 219)
HSL	hsl(286, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(286, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 63%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, 62.66, -52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 81.47, 320.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% 0.1594 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.216 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2203, 21.5656, 69.2588)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51DB #71DB51

analogous

#7651DB #BB51DB #DB51B6

triadic

#BB51DB #DBBB51 #51DBBB

tetradic

#BB51DB #DB7651 #71DB51 #51B6DB

square

#BB51DB #DB7651 #71DB51 #51B6DB

split-complementary

#BB51DB #B6DB51 #51DB76

monochromatic

#781E93 #A129C6 #BB51DB #CF84E5 #E3B6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#BB51DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#BB51DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51DB

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51DB	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2379DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5583D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA698F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.216 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388e7',
    500: '#bb51db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51db;
$custom-light: #d388e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.087,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6267,
    "c": 0.21597,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51DB

secondary

#B5DFA9

accent

#E93F66

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51DB

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

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