#BB55E9#BB55E9

#BB55E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.224 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55E9
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 233)
HSL	hsl(281, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(281, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 63.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, 63.68, -57.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 85.89, 317.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% 0.1545 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.224 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4475, 22.9461, 79.4787)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55E9 #83E955

analogous

#7155E9 #BB55E9 #E955CD

triadic

#BB55E9 #E9BB55 #55E9BB

tetradic

#BB55E9 #E97155 #83E955 #55CDE9

square

#BB55E9 #E97155 #83E955 #55CDE9

split-complementary

#BB55E9 #CDE955 #55E971

monochromatic

#7E16AD #A51FE2 #BB55E9 #D18BF0 #E6C1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#BB55E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#BB55E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55E9

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55E9	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E7EED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D86E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.224 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bf1',
    500: '#bb55e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55e9;
$custom-light: #d38bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.351,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6398,
    "c": 0.22392,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55E9

secondary

#C3E8B2

accent

#D90C4C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55E9

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

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