#BB59E4#BB59E4

#BB59E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.214 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB59E4
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 228)
HSL	hsl(282, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 61%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, 60.83, -54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 81.49, 318.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% 0.15 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.214 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0672, 23.3122, 75.8782)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB59E4 #82E459

analogous

#7559E4 #BB59E4 #E459C8

triadic

#BB59E4 #E4BB59 #59E4BB

tetradic

#BB59E4 #E47559 #82E459 #59C8E4

square

#BB59E4 #E47559 #82E459 #59C8E4

split-complementary

#BB59E4 #C8E459 #59E475

monochromatic

#7E1BA7 #A524DB #BB59E4 #D18EED #E6C2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#BB59E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#BB59E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB59E4

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB59E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB59E4	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#297FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5587E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb59e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.214 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ded',
    500: '#bb59e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb59e4;
$custom-light: #d38ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb59e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.302,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64159,
    "c": 0.2136,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB59E4

secondary

#C2E6B3

accent

#D4114B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB59E4

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

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