#BB5CAE#BB5CAE

#BB5CAE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.158 H 332.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5CAE
RGB	rgb(187, 92, 174)
HSL	hsl(308, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(308, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, 49.19, -26.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 55.98, 331.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% 0.1408 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.158 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9605, 21.2771, 42.4597)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5CAE #5CBB69

analogous

#995CBB #BB5CAE #BB5C7E

triadic

#BB5CAE #AEBB5C #5CAEBB

tetradic

#BB5CAE #BB995C #5CBB69 #5C7EBB

square

#BB5CAE #BB995C #5CBB69 #5C7EBB

split-complementary

#BB5CAE #7EBB5C #5CBB99

monochromatic

#6F2E66 #9A408D #BB5CAE #CD87C3 #DFB2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#BB5CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#BB5CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5CAE

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5CAE	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A77B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7584AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2627D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 92, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.158 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ec6',
    500: '#bb5cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5cae;
$custom-light: #d28ec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.211,
    "s": 41.126,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61719,
    "c": 0.15846,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5CAE

secondary

#A5CDAB

accent

#D16857

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5CAE

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

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