#BB55CC#BB55CC

#BB55CC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.196 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55CC
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 204)
HSL	hsl(291, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(291, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 58.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.41, 57.97, -43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.41, 72.64, 322.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% 0.1541 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.196 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6399, 21.4231, 59.4255)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55CC #66CC55

analogous

#8055CC #BB55CC #CC55A1

triadic

#BB55CC #CCBB55 #55CCBB

tetradic

#BB55CC #CC8055 #66CC55 #55A1CC

square

#BB55CC #CC8055 #66CC55 #55A1CC

split-complementary

#BB55CC #A1CC55 #55CC80

monochromatic

#732680 #9E35AF #BB55CC #CE84DA #E1B3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#BB55CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#BB55CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55CC

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55CC	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E78D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6284C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.196 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28adc',
    500: '#bb55cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55cc;
$custom-light: #d28adc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62296,
    "c": 0.19634,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55CC

secondary

#ADD7A6

accent

#DD4B60

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55CC

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

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