#BB57DD#BB57DD

#BB57DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.210 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB57DD
RGB	rgb(187, 87, 221)
HSL	hsl(285, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(285, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 60.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, 60.35, -51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 79.30, 319.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.1523 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.21 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9509, 22.6030, 70.8090)
Luminance	0.2260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB57DD #79DD57

analogous

#7857DD #BB57DD #DD57BC

triadic

#BB57DD #DDBB57 #57DDBB

tetradic

#BB57DD #DD7857 #79DD57 #57BCDD

square

#BB57DD #DD7857 #79DD57 #57BCDD

split-complementary

#BB57DD #BCDD57 #57DD78

monochromatic

#7B1F9A #A42ACD #BB57DD #D08AE7 #E4BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#BB57DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#BB57DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB57DD

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB57DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB57DD	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E7DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5986DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb57dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 87, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.210 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ce8',
    500: '#bb57dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb57dd;
$custom-light: #d38ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb57dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.776,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63502,
    "c": 0.20959,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB57DD

secondary

#BBE1AE

accent

#CE1746

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB57DD

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

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