#BB51E5#BB51E5

#BB51E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.225 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51E5
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 229)
HSL	hsl(283, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 64.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, 64.63, -56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 86.04, 318.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.1591 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.225 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5765, 22.1081, 76.4014)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51E5 #7BE551

analogous

#7151E5 #BB51E5 #E551C5

triadic

#BB51E5 #E5BB51 #51E5BB

tetradic

#BB51E5 #E57151 #7BE551 #51C5E5

square

#BB51E5 #E57151 #7BE551 #51C5E5

split-complementary

#BB51E5 #C5E551 #51E571

monochromatic

#7C18A3 #A420D8 #BB51E5 #D086ED #E5BBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#BB51E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#BB51E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51E5

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51E5	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#067BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D84E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.225 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d389ee',
    500: '#bb51e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51e5;
$custom-light: #d389ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.973,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63273,
    "c": 0.22537,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51E5

secondary

#BDE5AD

accent

#D60F48

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51E5

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

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