#BB55E7#BB55E7

#BB55E7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.222 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55E7
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 231)
HSL	hsl(282, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 63.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, 63.27, -56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 84.96, 318.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.1546 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.222 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1634, 22.8325, 77.9826)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55E7 #81E755

analogous

#7255E7 #BB55E7 #E755CA

triadic

#BB55E7 #E7BB55 #55E7BB

tetradic

#BB55E7 #E77255 #81E755 #55CAE7

square

#BB55E7 #E77255 #81E755 #55CAE7

split-complementary

#BB55E7 #CAE755 #55E772

monochromatic

#7E18AA #A520DF #BB55E7 #D08BEF #E6C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#BB55E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#BB55E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55E7

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55E7	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#157EEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F86E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.222 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bef',
    500: '#bb55e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55e7;
$custom-light: #d38bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.918,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63858,
    "c": 0.22199,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55E7

secondary

#C1E7B1

accent

#D70E4B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55E7

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

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