#BB55E5#BB55E5

#BB55E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.220 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55E5
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(283, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, 62.86, -55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 84.03, 318.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.1546 -0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.22 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8826, 22.7202, 76.5034)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55E5 #7FE555

analogous

#7355E5 #BB55E5 #E555C7

triadic

#BB55E5 #E5BB55 #55E5BB

tetradic

#BB55E5 #E57355 #7FE555 #55C7E5

square

#BB55E5 #E57355 #7FE555 #55C7E5

split-complementary

#BB55E5 #C7E555 #55E573

monochromatic

#7D19A6 #A522DB #BB55E5 #D08AED #E5BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#BB55E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#BB55E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55E5

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55E5	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B7DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5186E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.220 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bee',
    500: '#bb55e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55e5;
$custom-light: #d38bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.5,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63736,
    "c": 0.22006,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55E5

secondary

#C0E6B0

accent

#D6104A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55E5

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

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