#BB55E8#BB55E8

#BB55E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.223 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55E8
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 232)
HSL	hsl(282, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 63.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, 63.47, -57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 85.42, 317.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% 0.1545 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.223 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3050, 22.8892, 78.7285)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55E8 #82E855

analogous

#7255E8 #BB55E8 #E855CB

triadic

#BB55E8 #E8BB55 #55E8BB

tetradic

#BB55E8 #E87255 #82E855 #55CBE8

square

#BB55E8 #E87255 #82E855 #55CBE8

split-complementary

#BB55E8 #CBE855 #55E872

monochromatic

#7E17AB #A51FE1 #BB55E8 #D18BEF #E6C1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#BB55E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#BB55E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55E8

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55E8	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#127EEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E86E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.223 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bf0',
    500: '#bb55e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55e8;
$custom-light: #d38bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.633,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63919,
    "c": 0.22296,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55E8

secondary

#C2E7B1

accent

#D80D4B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55E8

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

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