#BB59E5#BB59E5

#BB59E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.215 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB59E5
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 229)
HSL	hsl(282, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 61.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.45, 61.04, -54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.45, 81.96, 318.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% 0.15 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.215 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2064, 23.3679, 76.6114)
Luminance	0.2337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB59E5 #83E559

analogous

#7559E5 #BB59E5 #E559C9

triadic

#BB59E5 #E5BB59 #59E5BB

tetradic

#BB59E5 #E57559 #83E559 #59C9E5

square

#BB59E5 #E57559 #83E559 #59C9E5

split-complementary

#BB59E5 #C9E559 #59E575

monochromatic

#7E1AA9 #A524DD #BB59E5 #D18EED #E6C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#BB59E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#BB59E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB59E5

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB59E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB59E5	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5587E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb59e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.215 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38dee',
    500: '#bb59e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb59e5;
$custom-light: #d38dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb59e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64219,
    "c": 0.21459,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB59E5

secondary

#C3E6B3

accent

#D5104B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB59E5

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

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