#BB56B5#BB56B5

#BB56B5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.174 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB56B5
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(304, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, 53.32, -32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 62.19, 329.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% 0.1504 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.174 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1615, 20.5586, 45.9813)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB56B5 #56BB5C

analogous

#8E56BB #BB56B5 #BB5682

triadic

#BB56B5 #B5BB56 #56B5BB

tetradic

#BB56B5 #BB8E56 #56BB5C #5682BB

square

#BB56B5 #BB8E56 #56BB5C #5682BB

split-complementary

#BB56B5 #82BB56 #56BB8E

monochromatic

#6B2B68 #973D92 #BB56B5 #CD82C8 #DEADDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#BB56B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#BB56B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB56B5

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB56B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB56B5	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F74B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E82B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1607E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb56b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.174 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28acb',
    500: '#bb56b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb56b5;
$custom-light: #d28acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb56b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.564,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61238,
    "c": 0.17411,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB56B5

secondary

#A1CCA3

accent

#D25D55

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB56B5

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

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