#BB55BE#BB55BE

#BB55BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.184 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55BE
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 190)
HSL	hsl(298, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(298, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 55.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, 55.39, -36.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 66.52, 326.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% 0.1529 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.184 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0356, 20.7814, 50.9764)
Luminance	0.2078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55BE #58BE55

analogous

#8755BE #BB55BE #BE558D

triadic

#BB55BE #BEBB55 #55BEBB

tetradic

#BB55BE #BE8755 #58BE55 #558DBE

square

#BB55BE #BE8755 #58BE55 #558DBE

split-complementary

#BB55BE #8DBE55 #55BE87

monochromatic

#6C2A6E #983B9B #BB55BE #CD81CF #DEAEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#BB55BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#BB55BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55BE

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55BE	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4975C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A82BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06282

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.184 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ad2',
    500: '#bb55be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55be;
$custom-light: #d28ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.286,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61556,
    "c": 0.18356,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55BE

secondary

#A2CEA1

accent

#D45357

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55BE

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

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