#BB55B2#BB55B2

#BB55B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.173 H 330.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55B2
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 178)
HSL	hsl(305, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(305, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 4.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, 53.28, -30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 61.52, 330.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.1513 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.173 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7777, 20.2782, 44.3512)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55B2 #55BB5E

analogous

#9155BB #BB55B2 #BB557F

triadic

#BB55B2 #B2BB55 #55B2BB

tetradic

#BB55B2 #BB9155 #55BB5E #557FBB

square

#BB55B2 #BB9155 #55BB5E #557FBB

split-complementary

#BB55B2 #7FBB55 #55BB91

monochromatic

#6B2B65 #973C8F #BB55B2 #CC81C6 #DEACDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#BB55B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#BB55B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55B2

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55B2	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5073B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F82AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.173 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ac9',
    500: '#bb55b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55b2;
$custom-light: #d28ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.294,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60963,
    "c": 0.17311,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55B2

secondary

#A0CCA4

accent

#D36055

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55B2

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

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