#BB59E6#BB59E6

#BB59E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.216 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB59E6
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 230)
HSL	hsl(282, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(282, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 61.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, 61.24, -55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 82.43, 317.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% 0.1499 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.216 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3464, 23.4239, 77.3488)
Luminance	0.2342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB59E6 #84E659

analogous

#7459E6 #BB59E6 #E659CB

triadic

#BB59E6 #E6BB59 #59E6BB

tetradic

#BB59E6 #E67459 #84E659 #59CBE6

square

#BB59E6 #E67459 #84E659 #59CBE6

split-complementary

#BB59E6 #CBE659 #59E674

monochromatic

#7F1AAB #A524DE #BB59E6 #D18EEE #E7C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#BB59E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#BB59E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB59E6

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB59E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB59E6	1.00	3.69	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#257FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5487E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb59e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.216 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38dee',
    500: '#bb59e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb59e6;
$custom-light: #d38dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb59e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.702,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64278,
    "c": 0.21557,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB59E6

secondary

#C3E7B4

accent

#D6104C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB59E6

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

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