#BB5997#BB5997

#BB5997 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.146 H 343.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5997
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 151)
HSL	hsl(322, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(322, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.78, 46.97, -15.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.78, 49.47, 341.73°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% 0.1399 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.146 343.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6524, 19.9463, 31.5604)
Luminance	0.1994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5997 #59BB7D

analogous

#AE59BB #BB5997 #BB5966

triadic

#BB5997 #97BB59 #5997BB

tetradic

#BB5997 #BBAE59 #59BB7D #5966BB

square

#BB5997 #BBAE59 #59BB7D #5966BB

split-complementary

#BB5997 #66BB59 #59BBAE

monochromatic

#6D2D55 #983E77 #BB5997 #CD84B2 #DFB0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#BB5997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#BB5997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5997

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5997	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#607199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8194

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C55971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.146 343.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cb5',
    500: '#bb5997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5997;
$custom-light: #d28cb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 322.041,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60324,
    "c": 0.14579,
    "h": 343.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5997

secondary

#A3CDB2

accent

#D28456

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAF0F6

border

#D3CBD0

text

#140C11

muted

#837D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5997

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

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