#BB55E4#BB55E4

#BB55E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.219 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55E4
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(283, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.73, 62.66, -55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.73, 83.57, 318.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% 0.1546 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.219 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7433, 22.6645, 75.7702)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55E4 #7EE455

analogous

#7455E4 #BB55E4 #E455C6

triadic

#BB55E4 #E4BB55 #55E4BB

tetradic

#BB55E4 #E47455 #7EE455 #55C6E4

square

#BB55E4 #E47455 #7EE455 #55C6E4

split-complementary

#BB55E4 #C6E455 #55E474

monochromatic

#7D1AA4 #A523D9 #BB55E4 #D08AEC #E5BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#BB55E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#BB55E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55E4

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55E4	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D7DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5286E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.219 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bed',
    500: '#bb55e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55e4;
$custom-light: #d38bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.797,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63676,
    "c": 0.2191,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55E4

secondary

#BFE5B0

accent

#D51149

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55E4

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

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