#BB57EE#BB57EE

#BB57EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.226 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB57EE
RGB	rgb(187, 87, 238)
HSL	hsl(280, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(280, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 63.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 63.80, -59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 87.20, 317.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% 0.1521 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.226 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3316, 23.5553, 83.3471)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB57EE #8AEE57

analogous

#6F57EE #BB57EE #EE57D5

triadic

#BB57EE #EEBB57 #57EEBB

tetradic

#BB57EE #EE6F57 #8AEE57 #57D5EE

square

#BB57EE #EE6F57 #8AEE57 #57D5EE

split-complementary

#BB57EE #D5EE57 #57EE6F

monochromatic

#8013B8 #A51FE8 #BB57EE #D18FF4 #E8C6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#BB57EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#BB57EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB57EE

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB57EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB57EE	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0380F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B87EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5749B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb57ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 87, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.226 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38cf4',
    500: '#bb57ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb57ee;
$custom-light: #d38cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb57ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.735,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64525,
    "c": 0.22613,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB57EE

secondary

#C8EBB6

accent

#DE0850

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB57EE

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

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