#BB59D9#BB59D9

#BB59D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.203 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB59D9
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 217)
HSL	hsl(286, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(286, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 59%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, 58.62, -48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 76.40, 320.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.1498 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.203 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5885, 22.7207, 68.0904)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB59D9 #77D959

analogous

#7B59D9 #BB59D9 #D959B7

triadic

#BB59D9 #D9BB59 #59D9BB

tetradic

#BB59D9 #D97B59 #77D959 #59B7D9

square

#BB59D9 #D97B59 #77D959 #59B7D9

split-complementary

#BB59D9 #B7D959 #59D97B

monochromatic

#7A2295 #A32EC7 #BB59D9 #CF8BE4 #E4BDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#BB59D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#BB59D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB59D9

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB59D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB59D9	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#377DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D86D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb59d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.203 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28de5',
    500: '#bb59d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb59d9;
$custom-light: #d28de5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb59d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.938,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6352,
    "c": 0.20286,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB59D9

secondary

#BAE0AE

accent

#E64268

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB59D9

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

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