#BB55AD#BB55AD

#BB55AD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.169 H 333.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55AD
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 173)
HSL	hsl(308, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(308, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.93, 52.43, -28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.93, 59.52, 331.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% 0.1505 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.169 333)
XYZ	xyz(31.2848, 20.0811, 41.7553)
Luminance	0.2008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55AD #55BB63

analogous

#9655BB #BB55AD #BB557A

triadic

#BB55AD #ADBB55 #55ADBB

tetradic

#BB55AD #BB9655 #55BB63 #557ABB

square

#BB55AD #BB9655 #55BB63 #557ABB

split-complementary

#BB55AD #7ABB55 #55BB96

monochromatic

#6B2B62 #973C8A #BB55AD #CC81C2 #DEACD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#BB55AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#BB55AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55AD

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55AD	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5372B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7181AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.169 333.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ac5',
    500: '#bb55ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55ad;
$custom-light: #d28ac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.235,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60727,
    "c": 0.16893,
    "h": 333
  },
  "luminance": 0.20079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55AD

secondary

#A0CCA6

accent

#D36655

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55AD

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

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