#BB59DB#BB59DB

#BB59DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.205 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB59DB
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 219)
HSL	hsl(285, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(285, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 59.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 59.02, -49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 77.32, 319.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% 0.1498 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.205 317)
XYZ	xyz(36.8502, 22.8254, 69.4687)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB59DB #79DB59

analogous

#7A59DB #BB59DB #DB59BA

triadic

#BB59DB #DBBB59 #59DBBB

tetradic

#BB59DB #DB7A59 #79DB59 #59BADB

square

#BB59DB #DB7A59 #79DB59 #59BADB

split-complementary

#BB59DB #BADB59 #59DB7A

monochromatic

#7B2199 #A42CCB #BB59DB #D08BE6 #E4BEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#BB59DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#BB59DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB59DB

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB59DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB59DB	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#357DDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C86D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb59db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.205 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28de7',
    500: '#bb59db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb59db;
$custom-light: #d28de7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb59db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.231,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63634,
    "c": 0.20481,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.22824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB59DB

secondary

#BBE1AF

accent

#CC1945

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB59DB

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

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