#BB56B2#BB56B2

#BB56B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.172 H 330.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB56B2
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 178)
HSL	hsl(305, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(305, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 4.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.33, 52.80, -30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.33, 60.97, 330.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% 0.15 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.172 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8570, 20.4368, 44.3776)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB56B2 #56BB5F

analogous

#9156BB #BB56B2 #BB567F

triadic

#BB56B2 #B2BB56 #56B2BB

tetradic

#BB56B2 #BB9156 #56BB5F #567FBB

square

#BB56B2 #BB9156 #56BB5F #567FBB

split-complementary

#BB56B2 #7FBB56 #56BB91

monochromatic

#6B2B66 #973D8F #BB56B2 #CD82C6 #DEADDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#BB56B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#BB56B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB56B2

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB56B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB56B2	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5174B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7082AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb56b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.172 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ac9',
    500: '#bb56b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb56b2;
$custom-light: #d28ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb56b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.347,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61093,
    "c": 0.17154,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB56B2

secondary

#A1CCA5

accent

#D26155

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB56B2

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

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