#BB5BB5#BB5BB5

#BB5BB5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.166 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BB5
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(304, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, 50.90, -30.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 59.39, 328.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% 0.1435 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.166 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5748, 21.3851, 46.1191)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BB5 #5BBB61

analogous

#915BBB #BB5BB5 #BB5B85

triadic

#BB5BB5 #B5BB5B #5BB5BB

tetradic

#BB5BB5 #BB915B #5BBB61 #5B85BB

square

#BB5BB5 #BB915B #5BBB61 #5B85BB

split-complementary

#BB5BB5 #85BB5B #5BBB91

monochromatic

#6E2E6A #994094 #BB5BB5 #CD86C9 #DFB2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#BB5BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#BB5BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BB5

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BB5	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)

#5577B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7284B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.166 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28dcb',
    500: '#bb5bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bb5;
$custom-light: #d28dcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.75,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61905,
    "c": 0.16614,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BB5

secondary

#A5CDA7

accent

#D15E57

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BB5

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

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