#BB59CB#BB59CB

#BB59CB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.189 H 321.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB59CB
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 203)
HSL	hsl(292, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(292, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 56.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, 55.90, -42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 70.03, 322.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% 0.149 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.189 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8442, 22.0230, 58.9038)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB59CB #69CB59

analogous

#8259CB #BB59CB #CB59A2

triadic

#BB59CB #CBBB59 #59CBBB

tetradic

#BB59CB #CB8259 #69CB59 #59A2CB

square

#BB59CB #CB8259 #69CB59 #59A2CB

split-complementary

#BB59CB #A2CB59 #59CB82

monochromatic

#752881 #9F37B0 #BB59CB #CE88DA #E1B6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#BB59CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#BB59CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB59CB

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB59CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB59CB	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#447ACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6685C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD698A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb59cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.189 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ddb',
    500: '#bb59cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb59cb;
$custom-light: #d28ddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb59cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.579,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62748,
    "c": 0.18945,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB59CB

secondary

#AFD7A9

accent

#DC4C60

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB59CB

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

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