#BB56E7#BB56E7

#BB56E7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.221 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB56E7
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 231)
HSL	hsl(282, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 62.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, 62.82, -56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 84.45, 318.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% 0.1534 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.221 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2427, 22.9911, 78.0090)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB56E7 #82E756

analogous

#7256E7 #BB56E7 #E756CB

triadic

#BB56E7 #E7BB56 #56E7BB

tetradic

#BB56E7 #E77256 #82E756 #56CBE7

square

#BB56E7 #E77256 #82E756 #56CBE7

split-complementary

#BB56E7 #CBE756 #56E772

monochromatic

#7E18AA #A520DF #BB56E7 #D18CEF #E6C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#BB56E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#BB56E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB56E7

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB56E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB56E7	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#197EEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5086E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb56e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.221 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38cef',
    500: '#bb56e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb56e7;
$custom-light: #d38cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb56e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.793,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63976,
    "c": 0.22065,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB56E7

secondary

#C2E7B2

accent

#D70E4B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB56E7

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

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