#BB51DD#BB51DD

#BB51DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.218 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51DD
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 221)
HSL	hsl(285, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(285, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 63.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, 63.05, -53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 82.38, 319.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.1594 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.218 317)
XYZ	xyz(36.4852, 21.6715, 70.6537)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51DD #73DD51

analogous

#7551DD #BB51DD #DD51B9

triadic

#BB51DD #DDBB51 #51DDBB

tetradic

#BB51DD #DD7551 #73DD51 #51B9DD

square

#BB51DD #DD7551 #73DD51 #51B9DD

split-complementary

#BB51DD #B9DD51 #51DD75

monochromatic

#791D96 #A227C9 #BB51DD #CF84E7 #E3B7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#BB51DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#BB51DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51DD

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51DD	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#207AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5483DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.218 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388e8',
    500: '#bb51dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51dd;
$custom-light: #d388e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62789,
    "c": 0.21785,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.2167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51DD

secondary

#B7E0AA

accent

#EA3E68

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51DD

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

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