#BB55D7#BB55D7

#BB55D7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.207 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55D7
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 215)
HSL	hsl(287, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(287, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 60.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, 60.08, -49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 77.60, 320.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% 0.1546 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.207 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0061, 21.9696, 66.6207)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55D7 #71D755

analogous

#7A55D7 #BB55D7 #D755B2

triadic

#BB55D7 #D7BB55 #55D7BB

tetradic

#BB55D7 #D77A55 #71D755 #55B2D7

square

#BB55D7 #D77A55 #71D755 #55B2D7

split-complementary

#BB55D7 #B2D755 #55D77A

monochromatic

#782290 #A12DC1 #BB55D7 #CF87E3 #E3B8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#BB55D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#BB55D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55D7

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55D7	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#327ADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B84D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.207 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38be4',
    500: '#bb55d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55d7;
$custom-light: #d38be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.077,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62911,
    "c": 0.20668,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55D7

secondary

#B5DEAA

accent

#E54366

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C15

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55D7

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

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