#BB56E6#BB56E6

#BB56E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.220 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB56E6
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(282, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, 62.62, -55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 83.98, 318.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% 0.1534 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.22 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1019, 22.9347, 77.2673)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB56E6 #81E656

analogous

#7356E6 #BB56E6 #E656C9

triadic

#BB56E6 #E6BB56 #56E6BB

tetradic

#BB56E6 #E67356 #81E656 #56C9E6

square

#BB56E6 #E67356 #81E656 #56C9E6

split-complementary

#BB56E6 #C9E656 #56E673

monochromatic

#7E19A9 #A521DE #BB56E6 #D08BEE #E6C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#BB56E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#BB56E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB56E6

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB56E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB56E6	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C7EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5186E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb56e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.220 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bef',
    500: '#bb56e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb56e6;
$custom-light: #d38bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb56e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.083,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63915,
    "c": 0.21968,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB56E6

secondary

#C1E6B1

accent

#D60F4B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB56E6

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

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