#BB55B7#BB55B7

#BB55B7 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.177 H 329.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55B7
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 183)
HSL	hsl(302, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(302, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 2.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, 54.14, -33.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 63.57, 328.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% 0.1521 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.177 329)
XYZ	xyz(32.2889, 20.4827, 47.0434)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55B7 #55BB59

analogous

#8C55BB #BB55B7 #BB5584

triadic

#BB55B7 #B7BB55 #55B7BB

tetradic

#BB55B7 #BB8C55 #55BB59 #5584BB

square

#BB55B7 #BB8C55 #55BB59 #5584BB

split-complementary

#BB55B7 #84BB55 #55BB8C

monochromatic

#6B2B68 #973C93 #BB55B7 #CC81CA #DEACDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#BB55B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#BB55B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55B7

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55B7	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D74BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D82B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.177 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28acd',
    500: '#bb55b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55b7;
$custom-light: #d28acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.353,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61206,
    "c": 0.1774,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.20481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55B7

secondary

#A0CCA2

accent

#D35A55

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55B7

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

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