#BB51E1#BB51E1

#BB51E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.222 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51E1
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 225)
HSL	hsl(284, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 64%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, 63.84, -54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 84.21, 319.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% 0.1593 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.222 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0245, 21.8872, 73.4939)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51E1 #77E151

analogous

#7351E1 #BB51E1 #E151BF

triadic

#BB51E1 #E1BB51 #51E1BB

tetradic

#BB51E1 #E17351 #77E151 #51BFE1

square

#BB51E1 #E17351 #77E151 #51BFE1

split-complementary

#BB51E1 #BFE151 #51E173

monochromatic

#7A1B9D #A324D1 #BB51E1 #CF85EA #E4B9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#BB51E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#BB51E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51E1

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51E1	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#167AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5184DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.222 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d389eb',
    500: '#bb51e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51e1;
$custom-light: #d389eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.167,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63029,
    "c": 0.2216,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51E1

secondary

#BAE3AB

accent

#ED3A6A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51E1

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

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