#BB5BAF#BB5BAF

#BB5BAF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.161 H 332.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BAF
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 175)
HSL	hsl(308, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(308, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 6.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, 49.86, -27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 56.95, 331.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% 0.1425 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.161 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9723, 21.1442, 42.9463)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BAF #5BBB67

analogous

#975BBB #BB5BAF #BB5B7F

triadic

#BB5BAF #AFBB5B #5BAFBB

tetradic

#BB5BAF #BB975B #5BBB67 #5B7FBB

square

#BB5BAF #BB975B #5BBB67 #5B7FBB

split-complementary

#BB5BAF #7FBB5B #5BBB97

monochromatic

#6E2E66 #99408E #BB5BAF #CD86C4 #DFB2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#BB5BAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#BB5BAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BAF

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BAF	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5876B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7484AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2627D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5baf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.161 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28dc7',
    500: '#bb5baf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5baf;
$custom-light: #d28dc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5baf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61626,
    "c": 0.16095,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BAF

secondary

#A5CDAA

accent

#D16657

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BAF

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

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