#BB57B5#BB57B5

#BB57B5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.173 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB57B5
RGB	rgb(187, 87, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(304, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.64, 52.84, -31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.64, 61.64, 329.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% 0.149 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.173 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2419, 20.7194, 46.0081)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB57B5 #57BB5D

analogous

#8F57BB #BB57B5 #BB5783

triadic

#BB57B5 #B5BB57 #57B5BB

tetradic

#BB57B5 #BB8F57 #57BB5D #5783BB

square

#BB57B5 #BB8F57 #57BB5D #5783BB

split-complementary

#BB57B5 #83BB57 #57BB8F

monochromatic

#6C2C68 #973D92 #BB57B5 #CD83C8 #DEAEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#BB57B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#BB57B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB57B5

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB57B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB57B5	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	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)

#5175B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F83B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1607E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb57b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 87, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.173 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28bcb',
    500: '#bb57b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb57b5;
$custom-light: #d28bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb57b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.6,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61369,
    "c": 0.17253,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB57B5

secondary

#A2CCA4

accent

#D25D56

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB57B5

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

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