#BB59E9#BB59E9

#BB59E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.219 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB59E9
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 233)
HSL	hsl(281, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 61.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, 61.86, -56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 83.83, 317.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% 0.1499 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.219 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7713, 23.5939, 79.5867)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB59E9 #87E959

analogous

#7359E9 #BB59E9 #E959CF

triadic

#BB59E9 #E9BB59 #59E9BB

tetradic

#BB59E9 #E97359 #87E959 #59CFE9

square

#BB59E9 #E97359 #87E959 #59CFE9

split-complementary

#BB59E9 #CFE959 #59E973

monochromatic

#7F17B0 #A523E2 #BB59E9 #D18FF0 #E7C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#BB59E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#BB59E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB59E9

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB59E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB59E9	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F80ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5188E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb59e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.219 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38df1',
    500: '#bb59e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb59e9;
$custom-light: #d38df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb59e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.833,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64459,
    "c": 0.21853,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB59E9

secondary

#C6E9B5

accent

#D90D4E

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB59E9

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

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