#BB5BAD#BB5BAD

#BB5BAD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.159 H 333.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BAD
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 173)
HSL	hsl(309, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(309, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, 49.52, -26.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 56.16, 331.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% 0.1421 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.159 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7774, 21.0662, 41.9195)
Luminance	0.2106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BAD #5BBB69

analogous

#995BBB #BB5BAD #BB5B7D

triadic

#BB5BAD #ADBB5B #5BADBB

tetradic

#BB5BAD #BB995B #5BBB69 #5B7DBB

square

#BB5BAD #BB995B #5BBB69 #5B7DBB

split-complementary

#BB5BAD #7DBB5B #5BBB99

monochromatic

#6E2E65 #99408C #BB5BAD #CD86C3 #DFB2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#BB5BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#BB5BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BAD

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BAD	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5976B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7584AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2617C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.159 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28dc5',
    500: '#bb5bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bad;
$custom-light: #d28dc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.75,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61535,
    "c": 0.15926,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BAD

secondary

#A5CDAB

accent

#D16857

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BAD

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

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