#BB5CB5#BB5CB5

#BB5CB5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.165 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5CB5
RGB	rgb(187, 92, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(304, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, 50.41, -30.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 58.82, 328.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.1421 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.165 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6608, 21.5572, 46.1478)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5CB5 #5CBB62

analogous

#915CBB #BB5CB5 #BB5C86

triadic

#BB5CB5 #B5BB5C #5CB5BB

tetradic

#BB5CB5 #BB915C #5CBB62 #5C86BB

square

#BB5CB5 #BB915C #5CBB62 #5C86BB

split-complementary

#BB5CB5 #86BB5C #5CBB91

monochromatic

#6F2E6A #9A4094 #BB5CB5 #CD87C9 #DFB2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#BB5CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#BB5CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5CB5

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5CB5	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5678B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7285B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 92, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.165 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ecb',
    500: '#bb5cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5cb5;
$custom-light: #d28ecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.789,
    "s": 41.126,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62042,
    "c": 0.16452,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5CB5

secondary

#A5CDA8

accent

#D15F57

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140D13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5CB5

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

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