#BB51AF#BB51AF

#BB51AF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.177 H 332.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB51AF
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 175)
HSL	hsl(307, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(307, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 6.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, 54.64, -30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 62.48, 330.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% 0.1562 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.177 332.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1737, 19.5470, 42.6801)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB51AF #51BB5D

analogous

#9251BB #BB51AF #BB517A

triadic

#BB51AF #AFBB51 #51AFBB

tetradic

#BB51AF #BB9251 #51BB5D #517ABB

square

#BB51AF #BB9251 #51BB5D #517ABB

split-complementary

#BB51AF #7ABB51 #51BB92

monochromatic

#692961 #953A8A #BB51AF #CC7DC3 #DDA9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#BB51AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#BB51AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB51AF

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB51AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB51AF	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D71B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E80AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb51af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.177 332.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d287c7',
    500: '#bb51af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb51af;
$custom-light: #d287c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb51af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.792,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60309,
    "c": 0.17679,
    "h": 332.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB51AF

secondary

#9DCBA2

accent

#D46354

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB51AF

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

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