#BB56DB#BB56DB

#BB56DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.209 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB56DB
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 219)
HSL	hsl(286, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(286, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 60.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.38, 60.41, -50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.38, 78.91, 319.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% 0.1535 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.209 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6056, 22.3363, 69.3872)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB56DB #76DB56

analogous

#7956DB #BB56DB #DB56B8

triadic

#BB56DB #DBBB56 #56DBBB

tetradic

#BB56DB #DB7956 #76DB56 #56B8DB

square

#BB56DB #DB7956 #76DB56 #56B8DB

split-complementary

#BB56DB #B8DB56 #56DB79

monochromatic

#7A2097 #A32BC9 #BB56DB #CF88E6 #E4BBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#BB56DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#BB56DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB56DB

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB56DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB56DB	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F7CDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A85D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb56db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.209 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38be7',
    500: '#bb56db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb56db;
$custom-light: #d38be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb56db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.564,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63263,
    "c": 0.20908,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB56DB

secondary

#B9E0AD

accent

#E84068

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB56DB

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

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