#BB55AE#BB55AE

#BB55AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.170 H 332.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55AE
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 174)
HSL	hsl(308, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(308, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, 52.60, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 59.92, 331.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.77% 0.1507 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(60.77% 0.17 332.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3819, 20.1199, 42.2668)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55AE #55BB62

analogous

#9555BB #BB55AE #BB557B

triadic

#BB55AE #AEBB55 #55AEBB

tetradic

#BB55AE #BB9555 #55BB62 #557BBB

square

#BB55AE #BB9555 #55BB62 #557BBB

split-complementary

#BB55AE #7BBB55 #55BB95

monochromatic

#6B2B63 #973C8B #BB55AE #CC81C3 #DEACD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#BB55AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#BB55AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55AE

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55AE	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	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)

#5273B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7181AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.170 332.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ac6',
    500: '#bb55ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55ae;
$custom-light: #d28ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.647,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60774,
    "c": 0.16975,
    "h": 332.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55AE

secondary

#A0CCA6

accent

#D36555

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55AE

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

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