#BB57B9#BB57B9

#BB57B9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.176 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB57B9
RGB	rgb(187, 87, 185)
HSL	hsl(301, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(301, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, 53.55, -33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 63.30, 327.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% 0.1496 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.176 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6582, 20.8859, 48.2008)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB57B9 #57BB59

analogous

#8B57BB #BB57B9 #BB5787

triadic

#BB57B9 #B9BB57 #57B9BB

tetradic

#BB57B9 #BB8B57 #57BB59 #5787BB

square

#BB57B9 #BB8B57 #57BB59 #5787BB

split-complementary

#BB57B9 #87BB57 #57BB8B

monochromatic

#6C2C6B #973D96 #BB57B9 #CD83CB #DEAEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#BB57B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#BB57B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB57B9

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB57B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB57B9	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E76BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D83B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb57b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 87, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.176 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28bce',
    500: '#bb57b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb57b9;
$custom-light: #d28bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb57b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.2,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61564,
    "c": 0.17603,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB57B9

secondary

#A2CCA2

accent

#D25856

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB57B9

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

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