#BB56D9#BB56D9

#BB56D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.207 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB56D9
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 217)
HSL	hsl(286, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(286, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 60.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, 60.02, -49.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 77.99, 320.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.1534 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.207 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3439, 22.2316, 68.0089)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB56D9 #74D956

analogous

#7A56D9 #BB56D9 #D956B5

triadic

#BB56D9 #D9BB56 #56D9BB

tetradic

#BB56D9 #D97A56 #74D956 #56B5D9

square

#BB56D9 #D97A56 #74D956 #56B5D9

split-complementary

#BB56D9 #B5D956 #56D97A

monochromatic

#792193 #A22CC5 #BB56D9 #CF88E4 #E3BAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#BB56D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#BB56D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB56D9

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB56D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB56D9	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#327BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B85D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb56d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.207 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38be5',
    500: '#bb56d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb56d9;
$custom-light: #d38be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb56d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.26,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63148,
    "c": 0.20717,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB56D9

secondary

#B8DFAC

accent

#E64167

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB56D9

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

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