#BB55EF#BB55EF

#BB55EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.230 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55EF
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 239)
HSL	hsl(280, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(280, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 64.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, 64.91, -60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 88.68, 317.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% 0.1542 -0.1702)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.23 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3192, 23.2948, 84.0697)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55EF #89EF55

analogous

#6E55EF #BB55EF #EF55D6

triadic

#BB55EF #EFBB55 #55EFBB

tetradic

#BB55EF #EF6E55 #89EF55 #55D6EF

square

#BB55EF #EF6E55 #89EF55 #55D6EF

split-complementary

#BB55EF #D6EF55 #55EF6E

monochromatic

#8011B8 #A51DEA #BB55EF #D18DF4 #E8C5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#BB55EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#BB55EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55EF

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55EF	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4887EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5739B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.230 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bf5',
    500: '#bb55ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55ef;
$custom-light: #d38bf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.74,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64353,
    "c": 0.22972,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55EF

secondary

#C7EBB5

accent

#DF0650

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55EF

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

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