#BB55C4#BB55C4

#BB55C4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.189 H 324.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BB55C4
RGBrgb(187, 85, 196)
HSLhsl(295, 48%, 55%)
HSVhsv(295, 57%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(4.6%, 56.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(53.00, 56.48, -39.83)
CIE-LCHlch(53.00, 69.11, 324.81°)
OKLaboklab(61.87% 0.1535 -0.1102)
OKLCHoklch(61.87% 0.189 324.3)
XYZxyz(33.7050, 21.0491, 54.5014)
Luminance0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BB55C4 #5EC455
analogous
#8355C4 #BB55C4 #C45596
triadic
#BB55C4 #C4BB55 #55C4BB
tetradic
#BB55C4 #C48355 #5EC455 #5596C4
square
#BB55C4 #C48355 #5EC455 #5596C4
split-complementary
#BB55C4 #96C455 #55C483
monochromatic
#702976 #9B39A3 #BB55C4 #CD82D4 #DFB0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03
#BB55C4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21
#BB55C4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55C4
5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BB55C4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BB55C41.004.035.215.21
#FFFFFF4.031.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2121.001.001.00
##0000005.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4477C8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6783C1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BF6485
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bb55c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.189 324.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ad6',
    500: '#bb55c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bb55c4;
$custom-light: #d28ad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bb55c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.135,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61867,
    "c": 0.18898,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BB55C4
secondary
#A7D2A3
accent
#D8505B
background
#FDF8FD
surface
#FAF0FA
border
#D3CBD3
text
#140C14
muted
#837D83

Preview Lab

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#BB55C4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva