#BB55FF#BB55FF

#BB55FF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.245 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55FF
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 255)
HSL	hsl(276, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(276, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 66.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, 68.26, -67.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 96.15, 315.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% 0.153 -0.1917)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.245 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7884, 24.2825, 97.0739)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55FF #99FF55

analogous

#6655FF #BB55FF #FF55EE

triadic

#BB55FF #FFBB55 #55FFBB

tetradic

#BB55FF #FF6655 #99FF55 #55EEFF

square

#BB55FF #FF6655 #99FF55 #55EEFF

split-complementary

#BB55FF #EEFF55 #55FF66

monochromatic

#8300DA #A318FF #BB55FF #D392FF #ECCFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#BB55FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#BB55FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55FF

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55FF	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0083FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3388FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17AA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.245 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48cff',
    500: '#bb55ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55ff;
$custom-light: #d48cff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65385,
    "c": 0.24526,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55FF

secondary

#D2F3BD

accent

#E6005C

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FBF0FF

border

#D4CBD7

text

#150D18

muted

#837D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55FF

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

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