#BB55E6#BB55E6

#BB55E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.221 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55E6
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(282, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, 63.07, -56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 84.49, 318.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.1546 -0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.221 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0226, 22.7762, 77.2409)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55E6 #80E655

analogous

#7355E6 #BB55E6 #E655C9

triadic

#BB55E6 #E6BB55 #55E6BB

tetradic

#BB55E6 #E67355 #80E655 #55C9E6

square

#BB55E6 #E67355 #80E655 #55C9E6

split-complementary

#BB55E6 #C9E655 #55E673

monochromatic

#7D19A8 #A521DD #BB55E6 #D08AEE #E6C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#BB55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#BB55E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55E6

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55E6	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#187DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5086E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.221 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bef',
    500: '#bb55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55e6;
$custom-light: #d38bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.207,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63797,
    "c": 0.22103,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55E6

secondary

#C0E6B1

accent

#D60F4A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55E6

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

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