#BB55F0#BB55F0

#BB55F0 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.231 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55F0
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 240)
HSL	hsl(279, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 64.6%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.44, 65.11, -60.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.44, 89.14, 316.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% 0.1542 -0.1716)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.231 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4673, 23.3541, 84.8499)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55F0 #8AF055

analogous

#6D55F0 #BB55F0 #F055D7

triadic

#BB55F0 #F0BB55 #55F0BB

tetradic

#BB55F0 #F06D55 #8AF055 #55D7F0

square

#BB55F0 #F06D55 #8AF055 #55D7F0

split-complementary

#BB55F0 #D7F055 #55F06D

monochromatic

#8010BA #A51DEB #BB55F0 #D18DF5 #E8C5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#BB55F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#BB55F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55F0

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55F0	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4687EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5749B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.231 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bf6',
    500: '#bb55f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55f0;
$custom-light: #d38bf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.484,
    "s": 83.784,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64416,
    "c": 0.2307,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55F0

secondary

#C8ECB5

accent

#E00550

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55F0

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

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