#BB55D6#BB55D6

#BB55D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.206 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55D6
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 214)
HSL	hsl(287, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(287, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 60.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, 59.89, -48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 77.14, 320.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% 0.1546 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.206 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8780, 21.9183, 65.9461)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55D6 #70D655

analogous

#7A55D6 #BB55D6 #D655B0

triadic

#BB55D6 #D6BB55 #55D6BB

tetradic

#BB55D6 #D67A55 #70D655 #55B0D6

square

#BB55D6 #D67A55 #70D655 #55B0D6

split-complementary

#BB55D6 #B0D655 #55D67A

monochromatic

#78228E #A12EC0 #BB55D6 #CF86E2 #E2B8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#BB55D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#BB55D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55D6

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55D6	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#337ADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C84D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.206 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28be3',
    500: '#bb55d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55d6;
$custom-light: #d28be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.442,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62854,
    "c": 0.20573,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55D6

secondary

#B5DDAA

accent

#E44465

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C15

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55D6

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

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