#BB5BBD#BB5BBD

#BB5BBD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.173 H 326.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5BBD
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 189)
HSL	hsl(299, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(299, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 51.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, 52.34, -34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 62.77, 326.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.1448 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.173 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4193, 21.7229, 50.5669)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5BBD #5DBD5B

analogous

#8A5BBD #BB5BBD #BD5B8E

triadic

#BB5BBD #BDBB5B #5BBDBB

tetradic

#BB5BBD #BD8A5B #5DBD5B #5B8EBD

square

#BB5BBD #BD8A5B #5DBD5B #5B8EBD

split-complementary

#BB5BBD #8EBD5B #5BBD8A

monochromatic

#6F2D70 #9A3F9C #BB5BBD #CD87CF #DFB2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#BB5BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#BB5BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5BBD

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5BBD	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	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)

#5179C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E85BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.173 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28dd1',
    500: '#bb5bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5bbd;
$custom-light: #d28dd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.776,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62292,
    "c": 0.17332,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5BBD

secondary

#A6CFA5

accent

#D25558

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140D14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5BBD

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

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