#BB55D9#BB55D9

#BB55D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.209 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55D9
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 217)
HSL	hsl(286, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(286, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 60.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, 60.47, -50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 78.51, 320.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% 0.1547 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.209 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2647, 22.0730, 67.9824)
Luminance	0.2207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55D9 #73D955

analogous

#7955D9 #BB55D9 #D955B5

triadic

#BB55D9 #D9BB55 #55D9BB

tetradic

#BB55D9 #D97955 #73D955 #55B5D9

square

#BB55D9 #D97955 #73D955 #55B5D9

split-complementary

#BB55D9 #B5D955 #55D979

monochromatic

#792193 #A22CC5 #BB55D9 #CF87E4 #E3B9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#BB55D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#BB55D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55D9

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55D9	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#307BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A85D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.209 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38be5',
    500: '#bb55d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55d9;
$custom-light: #d38be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.364,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63026,
    "c": 0.20858,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55D9

secondary

#B7DFAB

accent

#E64167

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55D9

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

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