#BB57DB#BB57DB

#BB57DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.208 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB57DB
RGB	rgb(187, 87, 219)
HSL	hsl(285, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(285, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 60.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, 59.95, -50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 78.38, 319.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.1523 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.208 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6860, 22.4971, 69.4140)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB57DB #77DB57

analogous

#7957DB #BB57DB #DB57B9

triadic

#BB57DB #DBBB57 #57DBBB

tetradic

#BB57DB #DB7957 #77DB57 #57B9DB

square

#BB57DB #DB7957 #77DB57 #57B9DB

split-complementary

#BB57DB #B9DB57 #57DB79

monochromatic

#7A2097 #A32BCA #BB57DB #CF89E6 #E4BCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#BB57DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#BB57DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB57DB

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB57DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB57DB	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#317CDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A86D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb57db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 87, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.208 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ce7',
    500: '#bb57db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb57db;
$custom-light: #d38ce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb57db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.455,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63386,
    "c": 0.20766,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB57DB

secondary

#BAE0AD

accent

#E84069

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB57DB

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

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