#BB56B4#BB56B4

#BB56B4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.173 H 330.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB56B4
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 180)
HSL	hsl(304, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(304, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, 53.15, -31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 61.78, 329.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% 0.1503 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.173 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0593, 20.5177, 45.4429)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB56B4 #56BB5D

analogous

#8F56BB #BB56B4 #BB5681

triadic

#BB56B4 #B4BB56 #56B4BB

tetradic

#BB56B4 #BB8F56 #56BB5D #5681BB

square

#BB56B4 #BB8F56 #56BB5D #5681BB

split-complementary

#BB56B4 #81BB56 #56BB8F

monochromatic

#6B2B67 #973D91 #BB56B4 #CD82C7 #DEADDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#BB56B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#BB56B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB56B4

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB56B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB56B4	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5074B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F82B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb56b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.173 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28aca',
    500: '#bb56b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb56b4;
$custom-light: #d28aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb56b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.158,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61189,
    "c": 0.17324,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB56B4

secondary

#A1CCA4

accent

#D25E55

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB56B4

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

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