#BB55DB#BB55DB

#BB55DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.210 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55DB
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 219)
HSL	hsl(286, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(286, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 61.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, 60.87, -51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 79.43, 320.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% 0.1547 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.21 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5264, 22.1777, 69.3608)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55DB #75DB55

analogous

#7855DB #BB55DB #DB55B8

triadic

#BB55DB #DBBB55 #55DBBB

tetradic

#BB55DB #DB7855 #75DB55 #55B8DB

square

#BB55DB #DB7855 #75DB55 #55B8DB

split-complementary

#BB55DB #B8DB55 #55DB78

monochromatic

#7A2096 #A32AC8 #BB55DB #CF88E6 #E3BAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#BB55DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#BB55DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55DB

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55DB	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D7BDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5985D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.210 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38be7',
    500: '#bb55db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55db;
$custom-light: #d38be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.672,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63142,
    "c": 0.21048,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55DB

secondary

#B8E0AC

accent

#E84068

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55DB

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

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