#BB599B#BB599B

#BB599B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.149 H 341.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB599B
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 155)
HSL	hsl(320, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(320, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 17.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.93, 47.58, -17.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.93, 50.75, 339.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% 0.1409 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.149 341.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9828, 20.0784, 33.3004)
Luminance	0.2008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB599B #59BB79

analogous

#AA59BB #BB599B #BB596A

triadic

#BB599B #9BBB59 #599BBB

tetradic

#BB599B #BBAA59 #59BB79 #596ABB

square

#BB599B #BBAA59 #59BB79 #596ABB

split-complementary

#BB599B #6ABB59 #59BBAA

monochromatic

#6D2D58 #983E7B #BB599B #CD84B5 #DFB0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#BB599B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#BB599B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB599B

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB599B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB599B	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F729D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C55A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb599b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.149 341.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cb8',
    500: '#bb599b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb599b;
$custom-light: #d28cb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb599b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 319.592,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60484,
    "c": 0.14855,
    "h": 341.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB599B

secondary

#A3CDB1

accent

#D27E56

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAF0F6

border

#D3CBD0

text

#140C11

muted

#837D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB599B

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

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