#BB5CB7#BB5CB7

#BB5CB7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.166 H 328.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5CB7
RGB	rgb(187, 92, 183)
HSL	hsl(303, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(303, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 2.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.64, 50.77, -31.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.64, 59.66, 328.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% 0.1425 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.166 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8675, 21.6399, 47.2363)
Luminance	0.2164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5CB7 #5CBB60

analogous

#8F5CBB #BB5CB7 #BB5C88

triadic

#BB5CB7 #B7BB5C #5CB7BB

tetradic

#BB5CB7 #BB8F5C #5CBB60 #5C88BB

square

#BB5CB7 #BB8F5C #5CBB60 #5C88BB

split-complementary

#BB5CB7 #88BB5C #5CBB8F

monochromatic

#6F2E6C #9A4096 #BB5CB7 #CD87CA #DFB2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#BB5CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#BB5CB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5CB7

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5CB7	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5578BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7185B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 92, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.166 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ecd',
    500: '#bb5cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5cb7;
$custom-light: #d28ecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.526,
    "s": 41.126,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62137,
    "c": 0.1663,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5CB7

secondary

#A5CDA7

accent

#D15C57

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140D13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5CB7

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

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