#BB55E1#BB55E1

#BB55E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.216 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55E1
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 225)
HSL	hsl(284, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 62.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, 62.06, -53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 82.18, 319.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.1547 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.216 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3305, 22.4993, 73.5959)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55E1 #7BE155

analogous

#7555E1 #BB55E1 #E155C1

triadic

#BB55E1 #E1BB55 #55E1BB

tetradic

#BB55E1 #E17555 #7BE155 #55C1E1

square

#BB55E1 #E17555 #7BE155 #55C1E1

split-complementary

#BB55E1 #C1E155 #55E175

monochromatic

#7C1C9F #A425D3 #BB55E1 #D089EA #E5BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#BB55E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#BB55E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55E1

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55E1	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#237CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5485DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.216 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38beb',
    500: '#bb55e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55e1;
$custom-light: #d38beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.714,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63496,
    "c": 0.21622,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55E1

secondary

#BDE3AE

accent

#D21447

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55E1

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

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