#BB55F3#BB55F3

#BB55F3 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.234 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55F3
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 243)
HSL	hsl(279, 87%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 65%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 65%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 65.74, -62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 90.54, 316.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% 0.154 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.234 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9167, 23.5338, 87.2164)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55F3 #8DF355

analogous

#6C55F3 #BB55F3 #F355DC

triadic

#BB55F3 #F3BB55 #55F3BB

tetradic

#BB55F3 #F36C55 #8DF355 #55DCF3

square

#BB55F3 #F36C55 #8DF355 #55DCF3

split-complementary

#BB55F3 #DCF355 #55F36C

monochromatic

#810EC0 #A41CEF #BB55F3 #D28EF7 #E9C7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#BB55F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#BB55F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55F3

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55F3	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4387EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4759D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.234 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48bf8',
    500: '#bb55f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55f3;
$custom-light: #d48bf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.734,
    "s": 86.813,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64606,
    "c": 0.2336,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55F3

secondary

#CAEDB6

accent

#E30252

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FBF0FF

border

#D4CBD7

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55F3

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

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