#BB55B8#BB55B8

#BB55B8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.178 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55B8
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 184)
HSL	hsl(302, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(302, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, 54.32, -33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 63.98, 328.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% 0.1522 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.178 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3933, 20.5245, 47.5935)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55B8 #55BB58

analogous

#8B55BB #BB55B8 #BB5585

triadic

#BB55B8 #B8BB55 #55B8BB

tetradic

#BB55B8 #BB8B55 #55BB58 #5585BB

square

#BB55B8 #BB8B55 #55BB58 #5585BB

split-complementary

#BB55B8 #85BB55 #55BB8B

monochromatic

#6B2B69 #973C94 #BB55B8 #CC81CA #DEACDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#BB55B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#BB55B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55B8

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55B8	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	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)

#4C74BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D82B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1607F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.178 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28acd',
    500: '#bb55b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55b8;
$custom-light: #d28acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.765,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61255,
    "c": 0.17826,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55B8

secondary

#A0CCA1

accent

#D35955

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55B8

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

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