#BB50B5#BB50B5

#BB50B5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.183 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB50B5
RGB	rgb(187, 80, 181)
HSL	hsl(303, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(303, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.43, 56.12, -33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.43, 65.42, 329.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% 0.1584 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.183 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7024, 19.6404, 45.8283)
Luminance	0.1964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB50B5 #50BB56

analogous

#8B50BB #BB50B5 #BB5080

triadic

#BB50B5 #B5BB50 #50B5BB

tetradic

#BB50B5 #BB8B50 #50BB56 #5080BB

square

#BB50B5 #BB8B50 #50BB56 #5080BB

split-complementary

#BB50B5 #80BB50 #50BB8B

monochromatic

#682865 #943A8F #BB50B5 #CC7CC8 #DDA8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#BB50B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#BB50B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB50B5

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB50B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB50B5	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4871B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B80B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb50b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 80, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.183 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d287cb',
    500: '#bb50b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb50b5;
$custom-light: #d287cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb50b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.364,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60478,
    "c": 0.18331,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB50B5

secondary

#9CCB9F

accent

#D45B54

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB50B5

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

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