#BB497D#BB497D

#BB497D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.156 H 354.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB497D
RGB	rgb(187, 73, 125)
HSL	hsl(333, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(333, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 33.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 51.00, -5.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 51.31, 353.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% 0.1554 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.156 354.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5791, 16.8133, 21.2436)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB497D #49BB87

analogous

#BB49B6 #BB497D #BB4E49

triadic

#BB497D #7DBB49 #497DBB

tetradic

#BB497D #B6BB49 #49BB87 #4E49BB

square

#BB497D #B6BB49 #49BB87 #4E49BB

split-complementary

#BB497D #49BB4E #49B6BB

monochromatic

#642542 #91365F #BB497D #CC769D #DCA2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BB497D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BB497D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB497D

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB497D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB497D	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B657F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9415E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb497d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 73, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.156 354.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d382a2',
    500: '#bb497d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb497d;
$custom-light: #d382a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb497d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 332.632,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57236,
    "c": 0.15607,
    "h": 354.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB497D

secondary

#97C9B2

accent

#D59A53

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FAEFF2

border

#D3CACC

text

#150B0F

muted

#837C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB497D

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

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