#BB55EE#BB55EE

#BB55EE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.229 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55EE
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 238)
HSL	hsl(280, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 64.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, 64.70, -59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 88.21, 317.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% 0.1543 -0.1689)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.229 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1719, 23.2359, 83.2938)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55EE #88EE55

analogous

#6E55EE #BB55EE #EE55D4

triadic

#BB55EE #EEBB55 #55EEBB

tetradic

#BB55EE #EE6E55 #88EE55 #55D4EE

square

#BB55EE #EE6E55 #88EE55 #55D4EE

split-complementary

#BB55EE #D4EE55 #55EE6E

monochromatic

#8012B6 #A51DE8 #BB55EE #D18DF4 #E8C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#BB55EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#BB55EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55EE

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55EE	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4987EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5739A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.229 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bf4',
    500: '#bb55ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55ee;
$custom-light: #d38bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6429,
    "c": 0.22876,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55EE

secondary

#C6EBB4

accent

#DE074F

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55EE

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

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