#BB55DD#BB55DD

#BB55DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.212 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55DD
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 221)
HSL	hsl(285, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(285, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 61.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, 61.26, -51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 80.34, 319.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% 0.1547 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.212 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7912, 22.2836, 70.7558)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55DD #77DD55

analogous

#7755DD #BB55DD #DD55BB

triadic

#BB55DD #DDBB55 #55DDBB

tetradic

#BB55DD #DD7755 #77DD55 #55BBDD

square

#BB55DD #DD7755 #77DD55 #55BBDD

split-complementary

#BB55DD #BBDD55 #55DD77

monochromatic

#7A1F99 #A329CC #BB55DD #CF88E7 #E4BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#BB55DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#BB55DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55DD

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55DD	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A7CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5785DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.212 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38be8',
    500: '#bb55dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55dd;
$custom-light: #d38be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63259,
    "c": 0.21239,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55DD

secondary

#BAE1AD

accent

#EA3E69

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55DD

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

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