#BB55D3#BB55D3

#BB55D3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.203 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55D3
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 211)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(289, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 59.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, 59.31, -47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 75.78, 321.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% 0.1545 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.203 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4984, 21.7665, 63.9469)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55D3 #6DD355

analogous

#7C55D3 #BB55D3 #D355AC

triadic

#BB55D3 #D3BB55 #55D3BB

tetradic

#BB55D3 #D37C55 #6DD355 #55ACD3

square

#BB55D3 #D37C55 #6DD355 #55ACD3

split-complementary

#BB55D3 #ACD355 #55D37C

monochromatic

#76248A #A030BB #BB55D3 #CE86E0 #E2B6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#BB55D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#BB55D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55D3

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55D3	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#377AD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E84D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC698C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.203 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ae1',
    500: '#bb55d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55d3;
$custom-light: #d28ae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62684,
    "c": 0.20289,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55D3

secondary

#B2DBA9

accent

#E24664

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55D3

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

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