#BB56CD#BB56CD

#BB56CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.196 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB56CD
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 205)
HSL	hsl(291, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(291, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 58%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.63, 57.70, -43.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.63, 72.55, 322.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% 0.1529 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.196 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8395, 21.6298, 60.0856)
Luminance	0.2163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB56CD #68CD56

analogous

#7F56CD #BB56CD #CD56A4

triadic

#BB56CD #CDBB56 #56CDBB

tetradic

#BB56CD #CD7F56 #68CD56 #56A4CD

square

#BB56CD #CD7F56 #68CD56 #56A4CD

split-complementary

#BB56CD #A4CD56 #56CD7F

monochromatic

#742682 #9E34B1 #BB56CD #CE85DB #E1B4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#BB56CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#BB56CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB56CD

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB56CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB56CD	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E79D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6384CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD688A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb56cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.196 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28bdd',
    500: '#bb56cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb56cd;
$custom-light: #d28bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb56cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.924,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62475,
    "c": 0.19581,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB56CD

secondary

#AFD8A7

accent

#DE4A60

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB56CD

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

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