#BB56C9#BB56C9

#BB56C9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.192 H 322.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB56C9
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 201)
HSL	hsl(293, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(293, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 57.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, 56.94, -42.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 70.77, 323.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% 0.1527 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.192 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3629, 21.4391, 57.5752)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB56C9 #64C956

analogous

#8256C9 #BB56C9 #C9569E

triadic

#BB56C9 #C9BB56 #56C9BB

tetradic

#BB56C9 #C98256 #64C956 #569EC9

square

#BB56C9 #C98256 #64C956 #569EC9

split-complementary

#BB56C9 #9EC956 #56C982

monochromatic

#72287D #9D37AB #BB56C9 #CE84D8 #E0B3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#BB56C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#BB56C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB56C9

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB56C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB56C9	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4278CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6584C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb56c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.192 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28bda',
    500: '#bb56c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb56c9;
$custom-light: #d28bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb56c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.696,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62258,
    "c": 0.19208,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB56C9

secondary

#ABD5A6

accent

#DB4D5E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB56C9

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

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