#BB56E8#BB56E8

#BB56E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.222 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB56E8
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(282, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, 63.02, -56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 84.91, 317.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% 0.1534 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.222 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3843, 23.0477, 78.7550)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB56E8 #83E856

analogous

#7256E8 #BB56E8 #E856CC

triadic

#BB56E8 #E8BB56 #56E8BB

tetradic

#BB56E8 #E87256 #83E856 #56CCE8

square

#BB56E8 #E87256 #83E856 #56CCE8

split-complementary

#BB56E8 #CCE856 #56E872

monochromatic

#7E17AC #A520E1 #BB56E8 #D18CEF #E6C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#BB56E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#BB56E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB56E8

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB56E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB56E8	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#177EEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F86E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb56e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.222 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38cf0',
    500: '#bb56e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb56e8;
$custom-light: #d38cf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb56e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.507,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64037,
    "c": 0.22162,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB56E8

secondary

#C3E8B2

accent

#D80D4C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB56E8

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

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