#BB56EE#BB56EE

#BB56EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.227 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB56EE
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 238)
HSL	hsl(280, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(280, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 63.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, 64.25, -59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 87.71, 317.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% 0.1532 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.227 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2512, 23.3945, 83.3203)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB56EE #89EE56

analogous

#6F56EE #BB56EE #EE56D5

triadic

#BB56EE #EEBB56 #56EEBB

tetradic

#BB56EE #EE6F56 #89EE56 #56D5EE

square

#BB56EE #EE6F56 #89EE56 #56D5EE

split-complementary

#BB56EE #D5EE56 #56EE6F

monochromatic

#8012B7 #A51EE8 #BB56EE #D18EF4 #E8C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#BB56EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#BB56EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB56EE

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB56EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB56EE	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A87EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5749B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb56ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.227 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38cf4',
    500: '#bb56ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb56ee;
$custom-light: #d38cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb56ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.868,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64407,
    "c": 0.22745,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB56EE

secondary

#C7EBB5

accent

#DE074F

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB56EE

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

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