#BB5AB9#BB5AB9

#BB5AB9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.171 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5AB9
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 185)
HSL	hsl(301, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(301, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, 52.10, -32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 61.63, 327.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% 0.1456 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.171 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9062, 21.3818, 48.2834)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5AB9 #5ABB5C

analogous

#8D5ABB #BB5AB9 #BB5A89

triadic

#BB5AB9 #B9BB5A #5AB9BB

tetradic

#BB5AB9 #BB8D5A #5ABB5C #5A89BB

square

#BB5AB9 #BB8D5A #5ABB5C #5A89BB

split-complementary

#BB5AB9 #89BB5A #5ABB8D

monochromatic

#6D2D6C #993F97 #BB5AB9 #CD85CB #DFB1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#BB5AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#BB5AB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5AB9

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5AB9	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5277BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F84B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.171 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28dce',
    500: '#bb5ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5ab9;
$custom-light: #d28dce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.237,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61961,
    "c": 0.1713,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5AB9

secondary

#A4CDA5

accent

#D15956

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5AB9

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

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