#BB55B4#BB55B4

#BB55B4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.175 H 330.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55B4
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 180)
HSL	hsl(304, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(304, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, 53.62, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 62.33, 329.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% 0.1516 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.175 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9800, 20.3591, 45.4165)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55B4 #55BB5C

analogous

#8F55BB #BB55B4 #BB5581

triadic

#BB55B4 #B4BB55 #55B4BB

tetradic

#BB55B4 #BB8F55 #55BB5C #5581BB

square

#BB55B4 #BB8F55 #55BB5C #5581BB

split-complementary

#BB55B4 #81BB55 #55BB8F

monochromatic

#6B2B66 #973C90 #BB55B4 #CC81C7 #DEACDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#BB55B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#BB55B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55B4

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55B4	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F74B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E82B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.175 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28acb',
    500: '#bb55b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55b4;
$custom-light: #d28acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.118,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61059,
    "c": 0.17481,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55B4

secondary

#A0CCA3

accent

#D35E55

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55B4

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

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