#BB55AB#BB55AB

#BB55AB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.167 H 333.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55AB
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 171)
HSL	hsl(309, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(309, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.84, 52.09, -27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.84, 58.75, 332.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% 0.1501 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.167 333.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0927, 20.0042, 40.7437)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55AB #55BB65

analogous

#9855BB #BB55AB #BB5578

triadic

#BB55AB #ABBB55 #55ABBB

tetradic

#BB55AB #BB9855 #55BB65 #5578BB

square

#BB55AB #BB9855 #55BB65 #5578BB

split-complementary

#BB55AB #78BB55 #55BB98

monochromatic

#6B2B61 #973C88 #BB55AB #CC81C1 #DEACD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#BB55AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#BB55AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55AB

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55AB	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5472AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7281A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.167 333.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ac4',
    500: '#bb55ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55ab;
$custom-light: #d28ac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.412,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60635,
    "c": 0.16729,
    "h": 333.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55AB

secondary

#A0CCA7

accent

#D36955

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C12

muted

#837D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55AB

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

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