#BB59DD#BB59DD

#BB59DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.207 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB59DD
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 221)
HSL	hsl(285, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(285, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 59.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, 59.42, -50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 78.24, 319.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% 0.1499 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.207 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1151, 22.9313, 70.8637)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB59DD #7BDD59

analogous

#7959DD #BB59DD #DD59BD

triadic

#BB59DD #DDBB59 #59DDBB

tetradic

#BB59DD #DD7959 #7BDD59 #59BDDD

square

#BB59DD #DD7959 #7BDD59 #59BDDD

split-complementary

#BB59DD #BDDD59 #59DD79

monochromatic

#7C209C #A42ACF #BB59DD #D08CE7 #E5BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#BB59DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#BB59DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB59DD

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB59DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB59DD	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#337EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B87DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb59dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.207 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38de8',
    500: '#bb59dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb59dd;
$custom-light: #d38de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb59dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.545,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63749,
    "c": 0.20675,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB59DD

secondary

#BDE2B0

accent

#CE1847

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB59DD

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

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