#BB56B3#BB56B3

#BB56B3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.172 H 330.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB56B3
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 179)
HSL	hsl(305, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(305, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 4.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, 52.97, -30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 61.37, 329.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% 0.1501 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.172 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9578, 20.4771, 44.9083)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB56B3 #56BB5E

analogous

#9056BB #BB56B3 #BB5680

triadic

#BB56B3 #B3BB56 #56B3BB

tetradic

#BB56B3 #BB9056 #56BB5E #5680BB

square

#BB56B3 #BB9056 #56BB5E #5680BB

split-complementary

#BB56B3 #80BB56 #56BB90

monochromatic

#6B2B66 #973D90 #BB56B3 #CD82C7 #DEADDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#BB56B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#BB56B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB56B3

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB56B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB56B3	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	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)

#5174B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F82B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb56b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.172 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28aca',
    500: '#bb56b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb56b3;
$custom-light: #d28aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb56b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.752,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61141,
    "c": 0.17239,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB56B3

secondary

#A1CCA4

accent

#D25F55

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB56B3

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

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