#BB51E2#BB51E2

#BB51E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.223 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51E2
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 226)
HSL	hsl(284, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 64.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, 64.04, -55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 84.66, 319.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% 0.1592 -0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.223 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1613, 21.9420, 74.2145)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51E2 #78E251

analogous

#7251E2 #BB51E2 #E251C1

triadic

#BB51E2 #E2BB51 #51E2BB

tetradic

#BB51E2 #E27251 #78E251 #51C1E2

square

#BB51E2 #E27251 #78E251 #51C1E2

split-complementary

#BB51E2 #C1E251 #51E272

monochromatic

#7B1A9E #A323D3 #BB51E2 #D085EB #E4BAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#BB51E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#BB51E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51E2

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51E2	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#137BE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5084DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.223 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d389ec',
    500: '#bb51e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51e2;
$custom-light: #d389ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.862,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6309,
    "c": 0.22254,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51E2

secondary

#BBE3AC

accent

#D31246

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51E2

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

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