#BB55B0#BB55B0

#BB55B0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.171 H 331.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55B0
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 176)
HSL	hsl(306, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(306, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 5.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.06, 52.94, -29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.06, 60.71, 330.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% 0.151 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.171 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5784, 20.1985, 43.3013)
Luminance	0.2020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55B0 #55BB60

analogous

#9355BB #BB55B0 #BB557D

triadic

#BB55B0 #B0BB55 #55B0BB

tetradic

#BB55B0 #BB9355 #55BB60 #557DBB

square

#BB55B0 #BB9355 #55BB60 #557DBB

split-complementary

#BB55B0 #7DBB55 #55BB93

monochromatic

#6B2B64 #973C8D #BB55B0 #CC81C4 #DEACD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#BB55B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#BB55B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55B0

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55B0	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5173B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7081AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.171 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ac8',
    500: '#bb55b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55b0;
$custom-light: #d28ac8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.471,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60868,
    "c": 0.17142,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55B0

secondary

#A0CCA5

accent

#D36355

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55B0

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

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