#BB57B4#BB57B4

#BB57B4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.172 H 330.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB57B4
RGB	rgb(187, 87, 180)
HSL	hsl(304, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(304, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.60, 52.67, -31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.60, 61.23, 329.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% 0.1489 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.172 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1397, 20.6785, 45.4697)
Luminance	0.2068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB57B4 #57BB5E

analogous

#9057BB #BB57B4 #BB5782

triadic

#BB57B4 #B4BB57 #57B4BB

tetradic

#BB57B4 #BB9057 #57BB5E #5782BB

square

#BB57B4 #BB9057 #57BB5E #5782BB

split-complementary

#BB57B4 #82BB57 #57BB90

monochromatic

#6C2C67 #973D91 #BB57B4 #CD83C7 #DEAEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#BB57B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#BB57B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB57B4

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB57B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB57B4	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5175B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7082B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1607E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb57b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 87, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.172 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28bca',
    500: '#bb57b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb57b4;
$custom-light: #d28bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb57b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.2,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61321,
    "c": 0.17167,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB57B4

secondary

#A2CCA5

accent

#D25E56

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB57B4

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

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