#BB55C8#BB55C8

#BB55C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.193 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55C8
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 200)
HSL	hsl(293, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(293, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 57.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, 57.22, -41.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 70.86, 323.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% 0.1539 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.193 323)
XYZ	xyz(34.1663, 21.2337, 56.9312)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55C8 #62C855

analogous

#8155C8 #BB55C8 #C8559B

triadic

#BB55C8 #C8BB55 #55C8BB

tetradic

#BB55C8 #C88155 #62C855 #559BC8

square

#BB55C8 #C88155 #62C855 #559BC8

split-complementary

#BB55C8 #9BC855 #55C881

monochromatic

#71287B #9C37A9 #BB55C8 #CD83D7 #E0B1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#BB55C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#BB55C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55C8

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55C8	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4177CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6583C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.193 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ad9',
    500: '#bb55c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55c8;
$custom-light: #d28ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.217,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62079,
    "c": 0.19264,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.21232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55C8

secondary

#AAD4A5

accent

#DB4D5D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55C8

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

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