#BB51AA#BB51AA

#BB51AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.173 H 334.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51AA
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 170)
HSL	hsl(310, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(310, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 9.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.10, 53.81, -27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.10, 60.53, 332.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% 0.1554 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.173 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6917, 19.3542, 40.1416)
Luminance	0.1935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51AA #51BB62

analogous

#9751BB #BB51AA #BB5175

triadic

#BB51AA #AABB51 #51AABB

tetradic

#BB51AA #BB9751 #51BB62 #5175BB

square

#BB51AA #BB9751 #51BB62 #5175BB

split-complementary

#BB51AA #75BB51 #51BB97

monochromatic

#69295E #953A86 #BB51AA #CC7DBF #DDA9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#BB51AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#BB51AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51AA

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51AA	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5070AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.173 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d287c3',
    500: '#bb51aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51aa;
$custom-light: #d287c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.623,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60073,
    "c": 0.17274,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51AA

secondary

#9DCBA4

accent

#D46954

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C12

muted

#837D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51AA

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

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