#BB55D8#BB55D8

#BB55D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.208 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55D8
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 216)
HSL	hsl(287, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(287, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 60.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, 60.28, -49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 78.06, 320.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.1546 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.208 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1350, 22.0211, 67.2995)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55D8 #72D855

analogous

#7A55D8 #BB55D8 #D855B3

triadic

#BB55D8 #D8BB55 #55D8BB

tetradic

#BB55D8 #D87A55 #72D855 #55B3D8

square

#BB55D8 #D87A55 #72D855 #55B3D8

split-complementary

#BB55D8 #B3D855 #55D87A

monochromatic

#782191 #A22DC3 #BB55D8 #CF87E3 #E3B9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#BB55D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#BB55D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55D8

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55D8	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#317BDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B85D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.208 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38be4',
    500: '#bb55d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55d8;
$custom-light: #d38be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.718,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62969,
    "c": 0.20763,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55D8

secondary

#B6DEAB

accent

#E64266

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55D8

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

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