#BB5BBC#BB5BBC

#BB5BBC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.172 H 327.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BBC
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 188)
HSL	hsl(299, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(299, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 51.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, 52.15, -34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 62.34, 326.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% 0.1446 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.172 327)
XYZ	xyz(33.3111, 21.6797, 49.9972)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BBC #5CBC5B

analogous

#8A5BBC #BB5BBC #BC5B8D

triadic

#BB5BBC #BCBB5B #5BBCBB

tetradic

#BB5BBC #BC8A5B #5CBC5B #5B8DBC

square

#BB5BBC #BC8A5B #5CBC5B #5B8DBC

split-complementary

#BB5BBC #8DBC5B #5BBC8A

monochromatic

#6F2D6F #9A3F9B #BB5BBC #CD86CE #DFB2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#BB5BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#BB5BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BBC

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BBC	1.00	3.94	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5178BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F85B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.172 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28dd0',
    500: '#bb5bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bbc;
$custom-light: #d28dd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.381,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62243,
    "c": 0.17241,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.21678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BBC

secondary

#A5CEA5

accent

#D25657

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BBC

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

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