#BB55CE#BB55CE

#BB55CE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.198 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55CE
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 206)
HSL	hsl(291, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(291, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 58.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, 58.35, -44.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 73.53, 322.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% 0.1543 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.198 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8813, 21.5197, 60.6969)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55CE #68CE55

analogous

#7F55CE #BB55CE #CE55A4

triadic

#BB55CE #CEBB55 #55CEBB

tetradic

#BB55CE #CE7F55 #68CE55 #55A4CE

square

#BB55CE #CE7F55 #68CE55 #55A4CE

split-complementary

#BB55CE #A4CE55 #55CE7F

monochromatic

#742683 #9E33B2 #BB55CE #CE85DC #E1B4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#BB55CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#BB55CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55CE

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55CE	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C79D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6184CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD678A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.198 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28add',
    500: '#bb55ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55ce;
$custom-light: #d28add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.579,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62405,
    "c": 0.1982,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55CE

secondary

#AFD8A7

accent

#DF4961

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55CE

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

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