#BB55E0#BB55E0

#BB55E0 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.215 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55E0
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 224)
HSL	hsl(284, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 62.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.50, 61.86, -53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.50, 81.72, 319.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% 0.1547 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.215 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1945, 22.4449, 72.8796)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55E0 #7AE055

analogous

#7555E0 #BB55E0 #E055BF

triadic

#BB55E0 #E0BB55 #55E0BB

tetradic

#BB55E0 #E07555 #7AE055 #55BFE0

square

#BB55E0 #E07555 #7AE055 #55BFE0

split-complementary

#BB55E0 #BFE055 #55E075

monochromatic

#7B1D9E #A426D2 #BB55E0 #D089E9 #E4BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#BB55E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#BB55E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55E0

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55E0	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#257CE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5585DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.215 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bea',
    500: '#bb55e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55e0;
$custom-light: #d38bea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.029,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63436,
    "c": 0.21526,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55E0

secondary

#BCE3AE

accent

#D11447

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55E0

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

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