#BB56E9#BB56E9

#BB56E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.223 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB56E9
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 233)
HSL	hsl(281, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 63.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, 63.23, -57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 85.38, 317.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% 0.1534 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.223 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5268, 23.1047, 79.5052)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB56E9 #84E956

analogous

#7156E9 #BB56E9 #E956CE

triadic

#BB56E9 #E9BB56 #56E9BB

tetradic

#BB56E9 #E97156 #84E956 #56CEE9

square

#BB56E9 #E97156 #84E956 #56CEE9

split-complementary

#BB56E9 #CEE956 #56E971

monochromatic

#7F17AE #A520E2 #BB56E9 #D18CF0 #E7C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#BB56E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#BB56E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB56E9

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB56E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB56E9	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#137FED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E87E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb56e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.223 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38cf1',
    500: '#bb56e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb56e9;
$custom-light: #d38cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb56e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.224,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64098,
    "c": 0.22259,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB56E9

secondary

#C3E8B3

accent

#D90C4C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB56E9

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

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