#BB56D7#BB56D7

#BB56D7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.205 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB56D7
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 215)
HSL	hsl(287, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(287, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 60%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, 59.62, -48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 77.08, 320.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% 0.1534 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.205 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0854, 22.1281, 66.6472)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB56D7 #72D756

analogous

#7B56D7 #BB56D7 #D756B2

triadic

#BB56D7 #D7BB56 #56D7BB

tetradic

#BB56D7 #D77B56 #72D756 #56B2D7

square

#BB56D7 #D77B56 #72D756 #56B2D7

split-complementary

#BB56D7 #B2D756 #56D77B

monochromatic

#782290 #A22EC2 #BB56D7 #CF87E3 #E3B9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#BB56D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#BB56D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB56D7

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB56D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB56D7	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#347BDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C85D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb56d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.205 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28be4',
    500: '#bb56d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb56d7;
$custom-light: #d28be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb56d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.977,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63033,
    "c": 0.20525,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB56D7

secondary

#B6DEAB

accent

#E54366

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C15

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB56D7

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

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