#BB55BC#BB55BC

#BB55BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.182 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55BC
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 188)
HSL	hsl(299, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(299, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 54.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.61, 55.03, -35.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.61, 65.66, 326.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% 0.1527 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.182 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8186, 20.6946, 49.8330)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55BC #56BC55

analogous

#8755BC #BB55BC #BC5589

triadic

#BB55BC #BCBB55 #55BCBB

tetradic

#BB55BC #BC8755 #56BC55 #5589BC

square

#BB55BC #BC8755 #56BC55 #5589BC

split-complementary

#BB55BC #89BC55 #55BC87

monochromatic

#6B2B6C #973C98 #BB55BC #CD81CD #DEADDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#BB55BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#BB55BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55BC

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55BC	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A75BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B82B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.182 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ad0',
    500: '#bb55bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55bc;
$custom-light: #d28ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.417,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61455,
    "c": 0.18179,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55BC

secondary

#A1CCA0

accent

#D35556

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55BC

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

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