#BB55BB#BB55BB

#BB55BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.181 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55BB
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(300, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, 54.85, -35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 65.24, 327.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% 0.1526 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.181 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7111, 20.6516, 49.2673)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55BB #55BB55

analogous

#8855BB #BB55BB #BB5588

triadic

#BB55BB #BBBB55 #55BBBB

tetradic

#BB55BB #BB8855 #55BB55 #5588BB

square

#BB55BB #BB8855 #55BB55 #5588BB

split-complementary

#BB55BB #88BB55 #55BB88

monochromatic

#6B2B6B #973C97 #BB55BB #CC81CC #DEACDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#BB55BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#BB55BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55BB

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55BB	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B75BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B82B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.181 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ad0',
    500: '#bb55bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55bb;
$custom-light: #d28ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61404,
    "c": 0.1809,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55BB

secondary

#A0CCA0

accent

#D35555

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55BB

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

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