#BB51DE#BB51DE

#BB51DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.219 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51DE
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 222)
HSL	hsl(285, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(285, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 63.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, 63.25, -53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 82.83, 319.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% 0.1593 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.219 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6188, 21.7250, 71.3575)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51DE #74DE51

analogous

#7451DE #BB51DE #DE51BB

triadic

#BB51DE #DEBB51 #51DEBB

tetradic

#BB51DE #DE7451 #74DE51 #51BBDE

square

#BB51DE #DE7451 #74DE51 #51BBDE

split-complementary

#BB51DE #BBDE51 #51DE74

monochromatic

#791D98 #A227CB #BB51DE #CF84E8 #E3B8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#BB51DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#BB51DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51DE

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51DE	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E7AE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5384DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.219 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388e9',
    500: '#bb51de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51de;
$custom-light: #d388e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.106,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62849,
    "c": 0.21878,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51DE

secondary

#B8E1AA

accent

#EB3D68

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51DE

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

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