#BB55DE#BB55DE

#BB55DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.213 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55DE
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 222)
HSL	hsl(285, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(285, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 61.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.38, 61.46, -52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.38, 80.80, 319.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% 0.1547 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.213 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9249, 22.3371, 71.4595)
Luminance	0.2234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55DE #78DE55

analogous

#7755DE #BB55DE #DE55BC

triadic

#BB55DE #DEBB55 #55DEBB

tetradic

#BB55DE #DE7755 #78DE55 #55BCDE

square

#BB55DE #DE7755 #78DE55 #55BCDE

split-complementary

#BB55DE #BCDE55 #55DE77

monochromatic

#7B1E9B #A328CE #BB55DE #D088E8 #E4BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#BB55DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#BB55DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55DE

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55DE	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287CE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5785DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.213 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38be9',
    500: '#bb55de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55de;
$custom-light: #d38be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.672,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63318,
    "c": 0.21334,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55DE

secondary

#BBE2AD

accent

#CF1645

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55DE

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

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