#BB55D1#BB55D1

#BB55D1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.201 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB55D1
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 209)
HSL	hsl(289, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(289, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 59.3%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.67, 58.92, -46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.67, 74.88, 321.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% 0.1544 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.201 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2492, 21.6668, 62.6346)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB55D1 #6BD155

analogous

#7D55D1 #BB55D1 #D155A9

triadic

#BB55D1 #D1BB55 #55D1BB

tetradic

#BB55D1 #D17D55 #6BD155 #55A9D1

square

#BB55D1 #D17D55 #6BD155 #55A9D1

split-complementary

#BB55D1 #A9D155 #55D17D

monochromatic

#762587 #A032B7 #BB55D1 #CE85DE #E2B5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#BB55D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#BB55D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB55D1

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB55D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB55D1	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3979D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F84CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC688B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb55d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.201 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28adf',
    500: '#bb55d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb55d1;
$custom-light: #d28adf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb55d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.355,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62572,
    "c": 0.20101,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB55D1

secondary

#B1DAA8

accent

#E14762

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB55D1

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

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