#BB5BB9#BB5BB9

#BB5BB9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.170 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BB9
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 185)
HSL	hsl(301, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(301, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, 51.61, -32.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 61.06, 327.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% 0.1442 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.17 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9911, 21.5517, 48.3117)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BB9 #5BBB5D

analogous

#8D5BBB #BB5BB9 #BB5B89

triadic

#BB5BB9 #B9BB5B #5BB9BB

tetradic

#BB5BB9 #BB8D5B #5BBB5D #5B89BB

square

#BB5BB9 #BB8D5B #5BBB5D #5B89BB

split-complementary

#BB5BB9 #89BB5B #5BBB8D

monochromatic

#6E2E6D #994097 #BB5BB9 #CD86CB #DFB2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#BB5BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#BB5BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BB9

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BB9	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5378BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7084B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.170 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28dce',
    500: '#bb5bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bb9;
$custom-light: #d28dce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.25,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62097,
    "c": 0.1697,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BB9

secondary

#A5CDA5

accent

#D15957

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BB9

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

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