#BB57E4#BB57E4

#BB57E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.216 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB57E4
RGB	rgb(187, 87, 228)
HSL	hsl(283, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 61.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, 61.75, -54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 82.54, 318.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% 0.1523 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.216 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9030, 22.9838, 75.8235)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB57E4 #80E457

analogous

#7557E4 #BB57E4 #E457C7

triadic

#BB57E4 #E4BB57 #57E4BB

tetradic

#BB57E4 #E47557 #80E457 #57C7E4

square

#BB57E4 #E47557 #80E457 #57C7E4

split-complementary

#BB57E4 #C7E457 #57E475

monochromatic

#7D1BA6 #A523DB #BB57E4 #D08CEC #E6C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#BB57E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#BB57E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB57E4

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB57E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB57E4	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#237EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5486E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb57e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 87, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.216 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ced',
    500: '#bb57e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb57e4;
$custom-light: #d38ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb57e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.553,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63915,
    "c": 0.21637,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB57E4

secondary

#C0E6B1

accent

#D4114A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB57E4

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

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