#BB5599#BB5599

#BB5599 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.154 H 342.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5599
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 153)
HSL	hsl(320, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(320, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.11, 49.23, -17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.11, 52.32, 340.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.1462 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.154 342.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4924, 19.3641, 32.3152)
Luminance	0.1936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5599 #55BB77

analogous

#AA55BB #BB5599 #BB5566

triadic

#BB5599 #99BB55 #5599BB

tetradic

#BB5599 #BBAA55 #55BB77 #5566BB

square

#BB5599 #BBAA55 #55BB77 #5566BB

split-complementary

#BB5599 #66BB55 #55BBAA

monochromatic

#6B2B55 #973C78 #BB5599 #CC81B3 #DEACCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#BB5599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#BB5599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5599

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5599	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)

#5C6F9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788096

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C55670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.154 342.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d289b7',
    500: '#bb5599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5599;
$custom-light: #d289b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59853,
    "c": 0.15366,
    "h": 342.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5599

secondary

#A0CCAF

accent

#D37F55

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAF0F6

border

#D3CBD0

text

#140C11

muted

#837D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5599

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

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