#BB55EA#BB55EA

#BB55EA is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.225 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55EA
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 234)
HSL	hsl(281, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 63.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, 63.88, -58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 86.35, 317.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% 0.1545 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.225 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5907, 23.0034, 80.2332)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55EA #84EA55

analogous

#7155EA #BB55EA #EA55CE

triadic

#BB55EA #EABB55 #55EABB

tetradic

#BB55EA #EA7155 #84EA55 #55CEEA

square

#BB55EA #EA7155 #84EA55 #55CEEA

split-complementary

#BB55EA #CEEA55 #55EA71

monochromatic

#7F16AF #A51FE3 #BB55EA #D18BF1 #E7C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#BB55EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#BB55EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55EA

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55EA	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#097EEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C86E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.225 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bf1',
    500: '#bb55ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55ea;
$custom-light: #d38bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.074,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64042,
    "c": 0.22489,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55EA

secondary

#C3E8B2

accent

#DA0B4D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55EA

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

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