#BB55B3#BB55B3

#BB55B3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.174 H 330.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55B3
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 179)
HSL	hsl(305, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(305, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 4.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.20, 53.45, -31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.20, 61.92, 329.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% 0.1515 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.174 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8785, 20.3185, 44.8819)
Luminance	0.2032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55B3 #55BB5D

analogous

#9055BB #BB55B3 #BB5580

triadic

#BB55B3 #B3BB55 #55B3BB

tetradic

#BB55B3 #BB9055 #55BB5D #5580BB

square

#BB55B3 #BB9055 #55BB5D #5580BB

split-complementary

#BB55B3 #80BB55 #55BB90

monochromatic

#6B2B66 #973C8F #BB55B3 #CC81C7 #DEACDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#BB55B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#BB55B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55B3

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55B3	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)

#4F74B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F82B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.174 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28aca',
    500: '#bb55b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55b3;
$custom-light: #d28aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.706,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61011,
    "c": 0.17396,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55B3

secondary

#A0CCA3

accent

#D35F55

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55B3

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →