#BB59E3#BB59E3

#BB59E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.213 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB59E3
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 227)
HSL	hsl(283, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 60.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, 60.63, -53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 81.03, 318.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% 0.15 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.213 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9288, 23.2568, 75.1492)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB59E3 #81E359

analogous

#7659E3 #BB59E3 #E359C6

triadic

#BB59E3 #E3BB59 #59E3BB

tetradic

#BB59E3 #E37659 #81E359 #59C6E3

square

#BB59E3 #E37659 #81E359 #59C6E3

split-complementary

#BB59E3 #C6E359 #59E376

monochromatic

#7E1CA6 #A525DA #BB59E3 #D08DEC #E6C2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#BB59E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#BB59E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB59E3

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB59E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB59E3	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A7FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5687E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb59e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.213 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38dec',
    500: '#bb59e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb59e3;
$custom-light: #d38dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb59e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.609,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.641,
    "c": 0.21262,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB59E3

secondary

#C1E5B2

accent

#D3124A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB59E3

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

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