#BB5BBB#BB5BBB

#BB5BBB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.172 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BBB
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(300, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.64, 51.97, -33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.64, 61.91, 327.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% 0.1445 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.172 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2037, 21.6367, 49.4315)
Luminance	0.2163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BBB #5BBB5B

analogous

#8B5BBB #BB5BBB #BB5B8B

triadic

#BB5BBB #BBBB5B #5BBBBB

tetradic

#BB5BBB #BB8B5B #5BBB5B #5B8BBB

square

#BB5BBB #BB8B5B #5BBB5B #5B8BBB

split-complementary

#BB5BBB #8BBB5B #5BBB8B

monochromatic

#6E2E6E #994099 #BB5BBB #CD86CD #DFB2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#BB5BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#BB5BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BBB

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BBB	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5278BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F85B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.172 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28dd0',
    500: '#bb5bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bbb;
$custom-light: #d28dd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62194,
    "c": 0.1715,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BBB

secondary

#A5CDA5

accent

#D15757

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BBB

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

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