#BB59F3#BB59F3

#BB59F3 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.228 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB59F3
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 243)
HSL	hsl(278, 87%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 63.4%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, 63.94, -61.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 88.52, 316.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% 0.1496 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.228 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2405, 24.1815, 87.3243)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB59F3 #91F359

analogous

#6E59F3 #BB59F3 #F359DE

triadic

#BB59F3 #F3BB59 #59F3BB

tetradic

#BB59F3 #F36E59 #91F359 #59DEF3

square

#BB59F3 #F36E59 #91F359 #59DEF3

split-complementary

#BB59F3 #DEF359 #59F36E

monochromatic

#820EC3 #A420EF #BB59F3 #D292F7 #EACBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#BB59F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#BB59F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB59F3

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB59F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB59F3	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0082F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4889EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4789E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb59f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.228 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ef8',
    500: '#bb59f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb59f3;
$custom-light: #d38ef8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb59f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 86.517,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65075,
    "c": 0.2284,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB59F3

secondary

#CDEEBA

accent

#E30254

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF1FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB59F3

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

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