#BB56D8#BB56D8

#BB56D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.206 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB56D8
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 216)
HSL	hsl(287, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(287, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 60.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, 59.82, -49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 77.53, 320.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% 0.1534 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.206 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2143, 22.1797, 67.3259)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB56D8 #73D856

analogous

#7A56D8 #BB56D8 #D856B4

triadic

#BB56D8 #D8BB56 #56D8BB

tetradic

#BB56D8 #D87A56 #73D856 #56B4D8

square

#BB56D8 #D87A56 #73D856 #56B4D8

split-complementary

#BB56D8 #B4D856 #56D87A

monochromatic

#792292 #A22DC4 #BB56D8 #CF88E3 #E3B9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#BB56D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#BB56D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB56D8

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB56D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB56D8	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#337BDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C85D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb56d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.206 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28be4',
    500: '#bb56d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb56d8;
$custom-light: #d28be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb56d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.615,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6309,
    "c": 0.20621,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB56D8

secondary

#B7DEAB

accent

#E64267

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB56D8

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

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