#BB56E2#BB56E2

#BB56E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.216 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB56E2
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(283, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, 61.81, -54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 82.13, 318.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% 0.1535 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.216 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5466, 22.7126, 74.3429)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB56E2 #7DE256

analogous

#7556E2 #BB56E2 #E256C3

triadic

#BB56E2 #E2BB56 #56E2BB

tetradic

#BB56E2 #E27556 #7DE256 #56C3E2

square

#BB56E2 #E27556 #7DE256 #56C3E2

split-complementary

#BB56E2 #C3E256 #56E275

monochromatic

#7C1CA2 #A525D6 #BB56E2 #D08AEB #E5BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#BB56E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#BB56E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB56E2

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB56E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB56E2	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#247DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5486DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb56e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.216 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bec',
    500: '#bb56e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb56e2;
$custom-light: #d38bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb56e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.286,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63675,
    "c": 0.21581,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB56E2

secondary

#BEE4B0

accent

#D31348

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB56E2

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

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