#BB55C0#BB55C0

#BB55C0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.185 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55C0
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 192)
HSL	hsl(297, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(297, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 55.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, 55.75, -37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 67.37, 325.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% 0.1531 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.185 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2557, 20.8694, 52.1355)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55C0 #5AC055

analogous

#8655C0 #BB55C0 #C05590

triadic

#BB55C0 #C0BB55 #55C0BB

tetradic

#BB55C0 #C08655 #5AC055 #5590C0

square

#BB55C0 #C08655 #5AC055 #5590C0

split-complementary

#BB55C0 #90C055 #55C086

monochromatic

#6D2A71 #993A9D #BB55C0 #CD82D1 #DFAEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#BB55C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#BB55C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55C0

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55C0	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4776C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6983BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6283

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.185 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ad3',
    500: '#bb55c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55c0;
$custom-light: #d28ad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.196,
    "s": 45.923,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61659,
    "c": 0.18536,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55C0

secondary

#A4CFA2

accent

#D65258

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55C0

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

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