#BB59BD#BB59BD

#BB59BD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.176 H 326.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB59BD
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 189)
HSL	hsl(299, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(299, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 52.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, 53.31, -35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 63.89, 326.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% 0.1475 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.176 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2506, 21.3855, 50.5107)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB59BD #5BBD59

analogous

#8959BD #BB59BD #BD598D

triadic

#BB59BD #BDBB59 #59BDBB

tetradic

#BB59BD #BD8959 #5BBD59 #598DBD

square

#BB59BD #BD8959 #5BBD59 #598DBD

split-complementary

#BB59BD #8DBD59 #59BD89

monochromatic

#6E2C6F #993E9B #BB59BD #CD85CE #DFB1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#BB59BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#BB59BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB59BD

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB59BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB59BD	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E77C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D84BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb59bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.176 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cd1',
    500: '#bb59bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb59bd;
$custom-light: #d28cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb59bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.8,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62025,
    "c": 0.17647,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB59BD

secondary

#A5CEA4

accent

#D35557

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB59BD

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

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