#BB51AE#BB51AE

#BB51AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.176 H 332.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51AE
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 174)
HSL	hsl(307, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(307, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.28, 54.47, -29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.28, 62.08, 331.33°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% 0.1561 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.176 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0759, 19.5078, 42.1648)
Luminance	0.1951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51AE #51BB5E

analogous

#9351BB #BB51AE #BB5179

triadic

#BB51AE #AEBB51 #51AEBB

tetradic

#BB51AE #BB9351 #51BB5E #5179BB

square

#BB51AE #BB9351 #51BB5E #5179BB

split-complementary

#BB51AE #79BB51 #51BB93

monochromatic

#692961 #953A8A #BB51AE #CC7DC2 #DDA9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#BB51AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#BB51AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51AE

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51AE	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E71B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E80AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.176 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d287c6',
    500: '#bb51ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51ae;
$custom-light: #d287c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.358,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60261,
    "c": 0.17597,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51AE

secondary

#9DCBA3

accent

#D46454

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51AE

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

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