#BB59B4#BB59B4

#BB59B4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.168 H 330.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB59B4
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 180)
HSL	hsl(304, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(304, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.96, 51.70, -30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.96, 60.11, 329.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% 0.1461 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.168 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3038, 21.0068, 45.5244)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB59B4 #59BB60

analogous

#9159BB #BB59B4 #BB5983

triadic

#BB59B4 #B4BB59 #59B4BB

tetradic

#BB59B4 #BB9159 #59BB60 #5983BB

square

#BB59B4 #BB9159 #59BB60 #5983BB

split-complementary

#BB59B4 #83BB59 #59BB91

monochromatic

#6D2D68 #983E92 #BB59B4 #CD84C8 #DFB0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#BB59B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#BB59B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB59B4

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB59B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB59B4	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5376B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7183B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1627E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb59b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.168 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cca',
    500: '#bb59b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb59b4;
$custom-light: #d28cca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb59b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61587,
    "c": 0.16849,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB59B4

secondary

#A3CDA6

accent

#D25F56

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB59B4

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

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