#BB51F6#BB51F6

#BB51F6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.241 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51F6
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 246)
HSL	hsl(279, 90%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 67%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 67.1%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, 68.10, -64.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 93.89, 316.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% 0.158 -0.1826)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.241 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0673, 23.1044, 89.5198)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51F6 #8CF651

analogous

#6951F6 #BB51F6 #F651DF

triadic

#BB51F6 #F6BB51 #51F6BB

tetradic

#BB51F6 #F66951 #8CF651 #51DFF6

square

#BB51F6 #F66951 #8CF651 #51DFF6

split-complementary

#BB51F6 #DFF651 #51F669

monochromatic

#810AC3 #A417F3 #BB51F6 #D28BF9 #E8C5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#BB51F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#BB51F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51F6

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51F6	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B86F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3749D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.241 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d489fa',
    500: '#bb51f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51f6;
$custom-light: #d489fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.545,
    "s": 90.164,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64351,
    "c": 0.24149,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51F6

secondary

#C9EEB5

accent

#E60052

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FBF0FF

border

#D4CBD7

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51F6

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

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