#BB55E3#BB55E3

#BB55E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.218 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55E3
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 227)
HSL	hsl(283, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 62.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, 62.46, -54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 83.11, 318.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% 0.1547 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.218 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6049, 22.6091, 75.0412)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55E3 #7DE355

analogous

#7455E3 #BB55E3 #E355C4

triadic

#BB55E3 #E3BB55 #55E3BB

tetradic

#BB55E3 #E37455 #7DE355 #55C4E3

square

#BB55E3 #E37455 #7DE355 #55C4E3

split-complementary

#BB55E3 #C4E355 #55E374

monochromatic

#7C1BA3 #A523D7 #BB55E3 #D08AEC #E5BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#BB55E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#BB55E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55E3

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55E3	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F7DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5386E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.218 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bec',
    500: '#bb55e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55e3;
$custom-light: #d38bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.099,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63616,
    "c": 0.21814,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55E3

secondary

#BEE5AF

accent

#D41248

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55E3

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

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