#BB55CD#BB55CD

#BB55CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.197 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55CD
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 205)
HSL	hsl(291, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(291, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 58.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, 58.16, -44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 73.09, 322.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% 0.1542 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.197 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7602, 21.4712, 60.0592)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55CD #67CD55

analogous

#7F55CD #BB55CD #CD55A3

triadic

#BB55CD #CDBB55 #55CDBB

tetradic

#BB55CD #CD7F55 #67CD55 #55A3CD

square

#BB55CD #CD7F55 #67CD55 #55A3CD

split-complementary

#BB55CD #A3CD55 #55CD7F

monochromatic

#742682 #9E34B1 #BB55CD #CE84DB #E1B4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#BB55CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#BB55CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55CD

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55CD	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D78D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6284CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.197 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28add',
    500: '#bb55cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55cd;
$custom-light: #d28add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6235,
    "c": 0.19727,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55CD

secondary

#AED7A6

accent

#DE4A60

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55CD

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

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