#BB56BB#BB56BB

#BB56BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.179 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB56BB
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(300, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, 54.38, -35.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 64.70, 327.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% 0.1512 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.179 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7904, 20.8102, 49.2937)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB56BB #56BB56

analogous

#8856BB #BB56BB #BB5688

triadic

#BB56BB #BBBB56 #56BBBB

tetradic

#BB56BB #BB8856 #56BB56 #5688BB

square

#BB56BB #BB8856 #56BB56 #5688BB

split-complementary

#BB56BB #88BB56 #56BB88

monochromatic

#6B2B6B #973D97 #BB56BB #CD82CD #DEADDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#BB56BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#BB56BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB56BB

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB56BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB56BB	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C75BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C83B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb56bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.179 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ad0',
    500: '#bb56bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb56bb;
$custom-light: #d28ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb56bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61533,
    "c": 0.17936,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB56BB

secondary

#A1CCA1

accent

#D25555

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB56BB

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

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