#BB5CBB#BB5CBB

#BB5CBB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.170 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5CBB
RGB	rgb(187, 92, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(300, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, 51.48, -33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 61.35, 327.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.1431 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.17 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2897, 21.8088, 49.4601)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5CBB #5CBB5C

analogous

#8C5CBB #BB5CBB #BB5C8C

triadic

#BB5CBB #BBBB5C #5CBBBB

tetradic

#BB5CBB #BB8C5C #5CBB5C #5C8CBB

square

#BB5CBB #BB8C5C #5CBB5C #5C8CBB

split-complementary

#BB5CBB #8CBB5C #5CBB8C

monochromatic

#6F2E6F #9A409A #BB5CBB #CD87CD #DFB2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#BB5CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#BB5CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5CBB

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5CBB	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5379BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7085B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 92, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.170 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ed0',
    500: '#bb5cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5cbb;
$custom-light: #d28ed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 41.126,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6233,
    "c": 0.1699,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5CBB

secondary

#A5CDA5

accent

#D15757

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140D14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5CBB

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

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