#BB55C5#BB55C5

#BB55C5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.190 H 324.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55C5
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 197)
HSL	hsl(295, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(295, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 56.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, 56.66, -40.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 69.55, 324.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% 0.1536 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.19 324)
XYZ	xyz(33.8192, 21.0948, 55.1028)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55C5 #5FC555

analogous

#8355C5 #BB55C5 #C55597

triadic

#BB55C5 #C5BB55 #55C5BB

tetradic

#BB55C5 #C58355 #5FC555 #5597C5

square

#BB55C5 #C58355 #5FC555 #5597C5

split-complementary

#BB55C5 #97C555 #55C583

monochromatic

#702977 #9B38A5 #BB55C5 #CD83D5 #E0B0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#BB55C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#BB55C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55C5

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55C5	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4377C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6683C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6485

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.190 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ad7',
    500: '#bb55c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55c5;
$custom-light: #d28ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.643,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6192,
    "c": 0.18989,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.21093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55C5

secondary

#A8D2A3

accent

#D94F5B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55C5

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

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