#BB5CAF#BB5CAF

#BB5CAF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.159 H 332.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5CAF
RGB	rgb(187, 92, 175)
HSL	hsl(308, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(308, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 6.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.29, 49.37, -27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.29, 56.38, 331.12°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% 0.141 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.159 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0584, 21.3163, 42.9750)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5CAF #5CBB68

analogous

#985CBB #BB5CAF #BB5C80

triadic

#BB5CAF #AFBB5C #5CAFBB

tetradic

#BB5CAF #BB985C #5CBB68 #5C80BB

square

#BB5CAF #BB985C #5CBB68 #5C80BB

split-complementary

#BB5CAF #80BB5C #5CBB98

monochromatic

#6F2E66 #9A408E #BB5CAF #CD87C4 #DFB2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#BB5CAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#BB5CAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5CAF

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5CAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5CAF	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5977B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7584AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2637D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5caf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 92, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.159 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ec7',
    500: '#bb5caf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5caf;
$custom-light: #d28ec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5caf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.579,
    "s": 41.126,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61765,
    "c": 0.15932,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5CAF

secondary

#A5CDAA

accent

#D16657

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140D13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5CAF

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

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