#BB59E8#BB59E8

#BB59E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.218 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB59E8
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 232)
HSL	hsl(281, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 61.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 61.65, -56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 83.36, 317.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% 0.1499 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.218 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6289, 23.5369, 78.8365)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB59E8 #86E859

analogous

#7359E8 #BB59E8 #E859CD

triadic

#BB59E8 #E8BB59 #59E8BB

tetradic

#BB59E8 #E87359 #86E859 #59CDE8

square

#BB59E8 #E87359 #86E859 #59CDE8

split-complementary

#BB59E8 #CDE859 #59E873

monochromatic

#7F18AE #A523E1 #BB59E8 #D18FEF #E7C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#BB59E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#BB59E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB59E8

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB59E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB59E8	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2180EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5288E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb59e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.218 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38df0',
    500: '#bb59e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb59e8;
$custom-light: #d38df0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb59e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.119,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64398,
    "c": 0.21754,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB59E8

secondary

#C5E8B5

accent

#D80E4D

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB59E8

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

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