#BB59D5#BB59D5

#BB59D5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.199 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB59D5
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 213)
HSL	hsl(287, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(287, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 58.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, 57.83, -47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 74.56, 320.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% 0.1496 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.199 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0745, 22.5151, 65.3835)
Luminance	0.2251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB59D5 #73D559

analogous

#7D59D5 #BB59D5 #D559B1

triadic

#BB59D5 #D5BB59 #59D5BB

tetradic

#BB59D5 #D57D59 #73D559 #59B1D5

square

#BB59D5 #D57D59 #73D559 #59B1D5

split-complementary

#BB59D5 #B1D559 #59D57D

monochromatic

#79248F #A231C0 #BB59D5 #CF8AE1 #E3BBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#BB59D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#BB59D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB59D5

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB59D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB59D5	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C7CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6086D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb59d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.199 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28de2',
    500: '#bb59d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb59d5;
$custom-light: #d28de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb59d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.419,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63295,
    "c": 0.199,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB59D5

secondary

#B7DDAD

accent

#E34566

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB59D5

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

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