#BB51E3#BB51E3

#BB51E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.223 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51E3
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 227)
HSL	hsl(284, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 64.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, 64.24, -55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 85.12, 318.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.1592 -0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.223 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2989, 21.9970, 74.9392)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51E3 #79E351

analogous

#7251E3 #BB51E3 #E351C2

triadic

#BB51E3 #E3BB51 #51E3BB

tetradic

#BB51E3 #E37251 #79E351 #51C2E3

square

#BB51E3 #E37251 #79E351 #51C2E3

split-complementary

#BB51E3 #C2E351 #51E372

monochromatic

#7B1AA0 #A422D5 #BB51E3 #D086EB #E4BAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#BB51E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#BB51E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51E3

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51E3	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F7BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F84E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.223 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d389ec',
    500: '#bb51e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51e3;
$custom-light: #d389ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.562,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63151,
    "c": 0.22348,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51E3

secondary

#BBE4AC

accent

#D41147

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51E3

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

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