#BB56DD#BB56DD

#BB56DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.211 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB56DD
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(285, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(285, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, 60.81, -51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 79.82, 319.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% 0.1535 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.211 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8705, 22.4422, 70.7822)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB56DD #78DD56

analogous

#7856DD #BB56DD #DD56BB

triadic

#BB56DD #DDBB56 #56DDBB

tetradic

#BB56DD #DD7856 #78DD56 #56BBDD

square

#BB56DD #DD7856 #78DD56 #56BBDD

split-complementary

#BB56DD #BBDD56 #56DD78

monochromatic

#7B1F9A #A329CD #BB56DD #D089E7 #E4BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#BB56DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#BB56DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB56DD

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB56DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB56DD	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C7CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5885DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb56dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.211 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38be8',
    500: '#bb56dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb56dd;
$custom-light: #d38be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb56dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.889,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6338,
    "c": 0.211,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB56DD

secondary

#BBE1AE

accent

#CE1745

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB56DD

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

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