#BB55ED#BB55ED

#BB55ED is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.228 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55ED
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 237)
HSL	hsl(280, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 64.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, 64.49, -59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 87.75, 317.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.1543 -0.1675)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.228 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0254, 23.1773, 82.5222)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55ED #87ED55

analogous

#6F55ED #BB55ED #ED55D3

triadic

#BB55ED #EDBB55 #55EDBB

tetradic

#BB55ED #ED6F55 #87ED55 #55D3ED

square

#BB55ED #ED6F55 #87ED55 #55D3ED

split-complementary

#BB55ED #D3ED55 #55ED6F

monochromatic

#7F13B4 #A51EE7 #BB55ED #D18CF3 #E7C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#BB55ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#BB55ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55ED

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55ED	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A87E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6739A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.228 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bf4',
    500: '#bb55ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55ed;
$custom-light: #d38bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.263,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64228,
    "c": 0.22779,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55ED

secondary

#C6EAB4

accent

#DD084E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55ED

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

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