#BB56D5#BB56D5

#BB56D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.203 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB56D5
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 213)
HSL	hsl(288, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(288, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 59.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, 59.23, -47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 76.16, 321.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.1533 -0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.203 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8300, 22.0260, 65.3020)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB56D5 #70D556

analogous

#7B56D5 #BB56D5 #D556AF

triadic

#BB56D5 #D5BB56 #56D5BB

tetradic

#BB56D5 #D57B56 #70D556 #56AFD5

square

#BB56D5 #D57B56 #70D556 #56AFD5

split-complementary

#BB56D5 #AFD556 #56D57B

monochromatic

#78238D #A12FBE #BB56D5 #CF87E1 #E2B8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#BB56D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#BB56D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB56D5

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB56D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB56D5	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#367AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E85D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb56d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.203 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28be2',
    500: '#bb56d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb56d5;
$custom-light: #d28be2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb56d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.717,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6292,
    "c": 0.20336,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB56D5

secondary

#B5DDAA

accent

#E34465

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB56D5

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

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