#BB56E5#BB56E5

#BB56E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.219 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB56E5
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(282, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, 62.41, -55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 83.52, 318.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.1535 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.219 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9618, 22.8787, 76.5299)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB56E5 #80E556

analogous

#7456E5 #BB56E5 #E556C7

triadic

#BB56E5 #E5BB56 #56E5BB

tetradic

#BB56E5 #E57456 #80E556 #56C7E5

square

#BB56E5 #E57456 #80E556 #56C7E5

split-complementary

#BB56E5 #C7E556 #56E574

monochromatic

#7D1AA7 #A522DC #BB56E5 #D08BED #E6C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#BB56E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#BB56E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB56E5

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB56E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB56E5	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E7EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5286E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb56e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.219 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bee',
    500: '#bb56e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb56e5;
$custom-light: #d38bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb56e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.378,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63855,
    "c": 0.21871,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB56E5

secondary

#C0E6B1

accent

#D5104A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB56E5

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

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