#BB59DE#BB59DE

#BB59DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.208 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB59DE
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 222)
HSL	hsl(284, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 59.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, 59.62, -51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 78.71, 319.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% 0.1499 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.208 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2487, 22.9848, 71.5675)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB59DE #7CDE59

analogous

#7859DE #BB59DE #DE59BE

triadic

#BB59DE #DEBB59 #59DEBB

tetradic

#BB59DE #DE7859 #7CDE59 #59BEDE

square

#BB59DE #DE7859 #7CDE59 #59BEDE

split-complementary

#BB59DE #BEDE59 #59DE78

monochromatic

#7C1F9D #A429D0 #BB59DE #D08CE8 #E5BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#BB59DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#BB59DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB59DE

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB59DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB59DE	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#317EE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A87DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb59de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.208 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38de9',
    500: '#bb59de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb59de;
$custom-light: #d38de9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb59de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.211,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63807,
    "c": 0.20773,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB59DE

secondary

#BEE2B0

accent

#CF1747

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB59DE

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

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