#BB55D4#BB55D4

#BB55D4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.204 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55D4
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 212)
HSL	hsl(288, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(288, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 59.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, 59.50, -47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 76.24, 321.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% 0.1545 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.204 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6242, 21.8168, 64.6092)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55D4 #6ED455

analogous

#7B55D4 #BB55D4 #D455AD

triadic

#BB55D4 #D4BB55 #55D4BB

tetradic

#BB55D4 #D47B55 #6ED455 #55ADD4

square

#BB55D4 #D47B55 #6ED455 #55ADD4

split-complementary

#BB55D4 #ADD455 #55D47B

monochromatic

#77238B #A130BC #BB55D4 #CF86E0 #E2B7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#BB55D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#BB55D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55D4

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55D4	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#367AD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D84D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.204 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ae2',
    500: '#bb55d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55d4;
$custom-light: #d28ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.189,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6274,
    "c": 0.20384,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55D4

secondary

#B3DCA9

accent

#E34564

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55D4

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

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