#BB51AB#BB51AB

#BB51AB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.174 H 333.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51AB
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 171)
HSL	hsl(309, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(309, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.14, 53.97, -28.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.14, 60.91, 332.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% 0.1556 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.174 333.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7867, 19.3921, 40.6417)
Luminance	0.1939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51AB #51BB61

analogous

#9651BB #BB51AB #BB5176

triadic

#BB51AB #ABBB51 #51ABBB

tetradic

#BB51AB #BB9651 #51BB61 #5176BB

square

#BB51AB #BB9651 #51BB61 #5176BB

split-complementary

#BB51AB #76BB51 #51BB96

monochromatic

#69295F #953A87 #BB51AB #CC7DC0 #DDA9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#BB51AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#BB51AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51AB

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51AB	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F70AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.174 333.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d287c4',
    500: '#bb51ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51ab;
$custom-light: #d287c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.057,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6012,
    "c": 0.17354,
    "h": 333.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51AB

secondary

#9DCBA4

accent

#D46754

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C12

muted

#837D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51AB

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

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