#BB59D7#BB59D7

#BB59D7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.201 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB59D7
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 215)
HSL	hsl(287, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 58.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, 58.23, -48.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 75.48, 320.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% 0.1497 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.201 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3300, 22.6173, 66.7287)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB59D7 #75D759

analogous

#7C59D7 #BB59D7 #D759B4

triadic

#BB59D7 #D7BB59 #59D7BB

tetradic

#BB59D7 #D77C59 #75D759 #59B4D7

square

#BB59D7 #D77C59 #75D759 #59B4D7

split-complementary

#BB59D7 #B4D759 #59D77C

monochromatic

#7A2392 #A32FC4 #BB59D7 #CF8AE3 #E3BCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#BB59D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#BB59D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB59D7

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB59D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB59D7	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A7CDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F86D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb59d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.201 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28de4',
    500: '#bb59d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb59d7;
$custom-light: #d28de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb59d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 61.165,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63407,
    "c": 0.20093,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB59D7

secondary

#B8DEAD

accent

#E44467

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D15

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB59D7

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

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