#BB5AAD#BB5AAD

#BB5AAD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.161 H 333.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5AAD
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 173)
HSL	hsl(309, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(309, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.84, 50.01, -26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.84, 56.73, 331.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% 0.1435 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.161 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6925, 20.8963, 41.8912)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5AAD #5ABB68

analogous

#995ABB #BB5AAD #BB5A7D

triadic

#BB5AAD #ADBB5A #5AADBB

tetradic

#BB5AAD #BB995A #5ABB68 #5A7DBB

square

#BB5AAD #BB995A #5ABB68 #5A7DBB

split-complementary

#BB5AAD #7DBB5A #5ABB99

monochromatic

#6D2D64 #993F8C #BB5AAD #CD85C3 #DFB1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#BB5AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#BB5AAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5AAD

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5AAD	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5875B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7483AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2607C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.161 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28dc5',
    500: '#bb5aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5aad;
$custom-light: #d28dc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.66,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61397,
    "c": 0.16091,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5AAD

secondary

#A4CDAA

accent

#D16856

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5AAD

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

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