#BB55B5#BB55B5

#BB55B5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.176 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55B5
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(304, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.29, 53.79, -32.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.29, 62.74, 329.03°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% 0.1518 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.176 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0822, 20.4000, 45.9549)
Luminance	0.2040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55B5 #55BB5B

analogous

#8E55BB #BB55B5 #BB5582

triadic

#BB55B5 #B5BB55 #55B5BB

tetradic

#BB55B5 #BB8E55 #55BB5B #5582BB

square

#BB55B5 #BB8E55 #55BB5B #5582BB

split-complementary

#BB55B5 #82BB55 #55BB8E

monochromatic

#6B2B67 #973C91 #BB55B5 #CC81C8 #DEACDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#BB55B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#BB55B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55B5

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55B5	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E74B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E82B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.176 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28acb',
    500: '#bb55b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55b5;
$custom-light: #d28acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.529,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61108,
    "c": 0.17566,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55B5

secondary

#A0CCA3

accent

#D35D55

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55B5

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

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