#BB5BAE#BB5BAE

#BB5BAE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.160 H 332.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BAE
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 174)
HSL	hsl(308, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(308, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, 49.69, -27.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 56.56, 331.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% 0.1423 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.16 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8745, 21.1050, 42.4310)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BAE #5BBB68

analogous

#985BBB #BB5BAE #BB5B7E

triadic

#BB5BAE #AEBB5B #5BAEBB

tetradic

#BB5BAE #BB985B #5BBB68 #5B7EBB

square

#BB5BAE #BB985B #5BBB68 #5B7EBB

split-complementary

#BB5BAE #7EBB5B #5BBB98

monochromatic

#6E2E65 #99408D #BB5BAE #CD86C3 #DFB2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#BB5BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#BB5BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BAE

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BAE	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5976B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7484AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2627C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.160 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28dc6',
    500: '#bb5bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bae;
$custom-light: #d28dc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.125,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61581,
    "c": 0.16011,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BAE

secondary

#A5CDAA

accent

#D16757

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BAE

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

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