#BB55E2#BB55E2

#BB55E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.217 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55E2
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 226)
HSL	hsl(283, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 62.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, 62.26, -54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 82.64, 318.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% 0.1547 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.217 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4673, 22.5541, 74.3165)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55E2 #7CE255

analogous

#7455E2 #BB55E2 #E255C2

triadic

#BB55E2 #E2BB55 #55E2BB

tetradic

#BB55E2 #E27455 #7CE255 #55C2E2

square

#BB55E2 #E27455 #7CE255 #55C2E2

split-complementary

#BB55E2 #C2E255 #55E274

monochromatic

#7C1BA1 #A424D5 #BB55E2 #D089EB #E5BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#BB55E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#BB55E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55E2

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55E2	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5385DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.217 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bec',
    500: '#bb55e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55e2;
$custom-light: #d38bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.404,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63556,
    "c": 0.21718,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55E2

secondary

#BEE4AF

accent

#D31348

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55E2

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

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