#BB5BB7#BB5BB7

#BB5BB7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.168 H 328.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BB7
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 183)
HSL	hsl(303, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(303, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 2.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, 51.26, -31.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 60.22, 328.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62% 0.1439 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.168 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7814, 21.4678, 47.2076)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BB7 #5BBB5F

analogous

#8F5BBB #BB5BB7 #BB5B87

triadic

#BB5BB7 #B7BB5B #5BB7BB

tetradic

#BB5BB7 #BB8F5B #5BBB5F #5B87BB

square

#BB5BB7 #BB8F5B #5BBB5F #5B87BB

split-complementary

#BB5BB7 #87BB5B #5BBB8F

monochromatic

#6E2E6B #994096 #BB5BB7 #CD86CA #DFB2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#BB5BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#BB5BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BB7

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BB7	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5477BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7184B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.168 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28dcd',
    500: '#bb5bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bb7;
$custom-light: #d28dcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.5,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62,
    "c": 0.16791,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BB7

secondary

#A5CDA6

accent

#D15C57

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BB7

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

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