#BB57BB#BB57BB

#BB57BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.178 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB57BB
RGB	rgb(187, 87, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(300, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.92, 53.90, -34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.92, 64.15, 327.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% 0.1499 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.178 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8708, 20.9710, 49.3205)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB57BB #57BB57

analogous

#8957BB #BB57BB #BB5789

triadic

#BB57BB #BBBB57 #57BBBB

tetradic

#BB57BB #BB8957 #57BB57 #5789BB

square

#BB57BB #BB8957 #57BB57 #5789BB

split-complementary

#BB57BB #89BB57 #57BB89

monochromatic

#6C2C6C #973D97 #BB57BB #CD83CD #DEAEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#BB57BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#BB57BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB57BB

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB57BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB57BB	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D76BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C83B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb57bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 87, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.178 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28bd0',
    500: '#bb57bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb57bb;
$custom-light: #d28bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb57bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61663,
    "c": 0.17781,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB57BB

secondary

#A2CCA2

accent

#D25656

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB57BB

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

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