#BB5591#BB5591

#BB5591 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.148 H 346.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5591
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 145)
HSL	hsl(325, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(325, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 22.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.81, 48.05, -13.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.81, 49.88, 344.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% 0.1441 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.148 346.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8537, 19.1086, 28.9513)
Luminance	0.1911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5591 #55BB7F

analogous

#B255BB #BB5591 #BB555E

triadic

#BB5591 #91BB55 #5591BB

tetradic

#BB5591 #BBB255 #55BB7F #555EBB

square

#BB5591 #BBB255 #55BB7F #555EBB

split-complementary

#BB5591 #5EBB55 #55BBB2

monochromatic

#6B2B50 #973C71 #BB5591 #CC81AD #DEACCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#BB5591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#BB5591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5591

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5591	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6E93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6536C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.148 346.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d289b1',
    500: '#bb5591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5591;
$custom-light: #d289b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 324.706,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59536,
    "c": 0.14839,
    "h": 346.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5591

secondary

#A0CCB2

accent

#D38955

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FAF0F5

border

#D3CBCF

text

#140C10

muted

#837D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5591

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

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