#BB5CB9#BB5CB9

#BB5CB9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.168 H 328.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5CB9
RGB	rgb(187, 92, 185)
HSL	hsl(301, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(301, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, 51.12, -32.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 60.50, 327.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% 0.1428 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.168 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0771, 21.7238, 48.3404)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5CB9 #5CBB5E

analogous

#8E5CBB #BB5CB9 #BB5C8A

triadic

#BB5CB9 #B9BB5C #5CB9BB

tetradic

#BB5CB9 #BB8E5C #5CBB5E #5C8ABB

square

#BB5CB9 #BB8E5C #5CBB5E #5C8ABB

split-complementary

#BB5CB9 #8ABB5C #5CBB8E

monochromatic

#6F2E6D #9A4098 #BB5CB9 #CD87CC #DFB2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#BB5CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#BB5CB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5CB9

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5CB9	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)

#5478BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7185B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 92, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.168 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ece',
    500: '#bb5cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5cb9;
$custom-light: #d28ece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.263,
    "s": 41.126,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62233,
    "c": 0.16809,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5CB9

secondary

#A5CDA6

accent

#D15957

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140D13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5CB9

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

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