#BB56E1#BB56E1

#BB56E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.215 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB56E1
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 225)
HSL	hsl(284, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 61.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.72, 61.61, -53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.72, 81.67, 318.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% 0.1535 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.215 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4098, 22.6579, 73.6224)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB56E1 #7CE156

analogous

#7556E1 #BB56E1 #E156C1

triadic

#BB56E1 #E1BB56 #56E1BB

tetradic

#BB56E1 #E17556 #7CE156 #56C1E1

square

#BB56E1 #E17556 #7CE156 #56C1E1

split-complementary

#BB56E1 #C1E156 #56E175

monochromatic

#7C1CA0 #A426D4 #BB56E1 #D08AEA #E5BEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#BB56E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#BB56E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB56E1

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB56E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB56E1	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#267DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5586DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb56e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.215 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38beb',
    500: '#bb56e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb56e1;
$custom-light: #d38beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb56e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.597,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63616,
    "c": 0.21485,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB56E1

secondary

#BEE4AF

accent

#D21448

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB56E1

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

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