#BB59AE#BB59AE

#BB59AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.163 H 332.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB59AE
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 174)
HSL	hsl(308, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(308, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, 50.67, -27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 57.69, 331.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% 0.1451 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.163 332.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7058, 20.7676, 42.3748)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB59AE #59BB66

analogous

#9759BB #BB59AE #BB597D

triadic

#BB59AE #AEBB59 #59AEBB

tetradic

#BB59AE #BB9759 #59BB66 #597DBB

square

#BB59AE #BB9759 #59BB66 #597DBB

split-complementary

#BB59AE #7DBB59 #59BB97

monochromatic

#6D2D64 #983E8C #BB59AE #CD84C3 #DFB0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#BB59AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#BB59AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB59AE

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB59AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB59AE	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5675B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7383AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2607C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb59ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.163 332.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cc6',
    500: '#bb59ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb59ae;
$custom-light: #d28cc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb59ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.959,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61307,
    "c": 0.16336,
    "h": 332.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB59AE

secondary

#A3CDA9

accent

#D26756

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB59AE

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

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