#BB51E6#BB51E6

#BB51E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.226 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51E6
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(283, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.20, 64.83, -57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.20, 86.50, 318.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% 0.1591 -0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.226 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7165, 22.1641, 77.1389)
Luminance	0.2216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51E6 #7CE651

analogous

#7051E6 #BB51E6 #E651C6

triadic

#BB51E6 #E6BB51 #51E6BB

tetradic

#BB51E6 #E67051 #7CE651 #51C6E6

square

#BB51E6 #E67051 #7CE651 #51C6E6

split-complementary

#BB51E6 #C6E651 #51E670

monochromatic

#7C18A5 #A41FDA #BB51E6 #D087EE #E5BCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#BB51E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#BB51E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51E6

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51E6	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#017CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C84E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.226 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d389ef',
    500: '#bb51e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51e6;
$custom-light: #d389ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.685,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63335,
    "c": 0.22631,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51E6

secondary

#BEE5AD

accent

#D70E48

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51E6

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

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