#BB59BE#BB59BE

#BB59BE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.177 H 326.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB59BE
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 190)
HSL	hsl(298, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(298, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 53.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, 53.49, -35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 64.32, 326.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% 0.1476 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.177 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3595, 21.4291, 51.0843)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB59BE #5CBE59

analogous

#8959BE #BB59BE #BE598E

triadic

#BB59BE #BEBB59 #59BEBB

tetradic

#BB59BE #BE8959 #5CBE59 #598EBE

square

#BB59BE #BE8959 #5CBE59 #598EBE

split-complementary

#BB59BE #8EBE59 #59BE89

monochromatic

#6F2C71 #9A3D9D #BB59BE #CD85CF #DFB1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#BB59BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#BB59BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB59BE

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB59BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB59BE	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E78C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C84BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb59be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.177 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cd2',
    500: '#bb59be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb59be;
$custom-light: #d28cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb59be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.218,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62075,
    "c": 0.17738,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB59BE

secondary

#A5CFA4

accent

#D35458

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB59BE

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

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