#BB59C7#BB59C7

#BB59C7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.186 H 323.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB59C7
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 199)
HSL	hsl(293, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(293, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 55.3%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, 55.15, -40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 68.25, 323.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.1486 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.186 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3737, 21.8348, 56.4257)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB59C7 #65C759

analogous

#8459C7 #BB59C7 #C7599C

triadic

#BB59C7 #C7BB59 #59C7BB

tetradic

#BB59C7 #C78459 #65C759 #599CC7

square

#BB59C7 #C78459 #65C759 #599CC7

split-complementary

#BB59C7 #9CC759 #59C784

monochromatic

#732A7C #9D39AA #BB59C7 #CE87D6 #E0B5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#BB59C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#BB59C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB59C7

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB59C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB59C7	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4779CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6885C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb59c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.186 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cd8',
    500: '#bb59c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb59c7;
$custom-light: #d28cd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb59c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.455,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62536,
    "c": 0.18569,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB59C7

secondary

#ACD4A7

accent

#D94F5E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB59C7

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

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