#BB56E4#BB56E4

#BB56E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.218 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB56E4
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(283, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 62.21, -55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 83.06, 318.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.1535 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.218 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8226, 22.8230, 75.7967)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB56E4 #7FE456

analogous

#7456E4 #BB56E4 #E456C6

triadic

#BB56E4 #E4BB56 #56E4BB

tetradic

#BB56E4 #E47456 #7FE456 #56C6E4

square

#BB56E4 #E47456 #7FE456 #56C6E4

split-complementary

#BB56E4 #C6E456 #56E474

monochromatic

#7D1AA5 #A523DA #BB56E4 #D08BEC #E5C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#BB56E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#BB56E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB56E4

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB56E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB56E4	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#207EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5386E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb56e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.218 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bed',
    500: '#bb56e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb56e4;
$custom-light: #d38bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb56e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.676,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63795,
    "c": 0.21775,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB56E4

secondary

#C0E5B0

accent

#D51149

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB56E4

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

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