#BB528D

sRGB · 187 / 82 / 141

#BB528D belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 187 red, 82 green and 141 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 326.3° lands in the rose region. Its 43.6% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 52.7% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (4.70:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 187, 82, 141
HSL: 326.29°, 43.57%, 52.75%
HSV / HSB: 326.29°, 56.15%, 73.33%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 56.15%, 24.60%, 26.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 28.317, 18.524, 27.284
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 50.126, 48.923, -12.072
WCAG relative luminance: 0.18522
24-bit decimal: 12276365

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #BB528D in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 4.70:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 4.46:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#52BB80 sits half a turn (180°) from #BB528D on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#BB528D #52BB80

Analogous

#B452BB and #BB5259 sit 30° to either side of #BB528D. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#B452BB #BB528D #BB5259

Triadic

#BB528D, #8DBB52 and #528DBB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BB528D #8DBB52 #528DBB

Split complementary

Start at #BB528D and look across the wheel. #59BB52 and #52BBB4 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BB528D #59BB52 #52BBB4

Square

Starting with #BB528D, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BBB452, #52BB80, then #5259BB. Across the square, #BB528D pairs with #52BB80, and #BBB452 with #5259BB.

#BB528D #BBB452 #52BB80 #5259BB

Tetradic

#BB528D and #52BB80 are opposites, as are #BB8052 and #528DBB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BB528D #BB8052 #52BB80 #528DBB

Tints

Mixing #BB528D with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C975A4, keeps 80% of the original. By #F1DCE8, the mixture is 80% white.

#BB528D #C975A4 #D697BB #E4BAD1 #F1DCE8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BB528D with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #964271, keeps 80% of the original. By #25101C, the mixture is 80% black.

#BB528D #964271 #703155 #4B2138 #25101C #000000

Tones

Mixing #BB528D with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AF5B8A, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C7783, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BB528D #AF5B8A #A36488 #986E85 #8C7783 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#BB528D

RGB

rgb(187 82 141)

HSL

hsl(326.286 43.568% 52.745%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BB528D;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BB528D uses 187 red, 82 green and 141 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 73.3%

Green 32.2%

Blue 55.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BB528D is 0.0% cyan, 56.1% magenta, 24.6% yellow and 26.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 56.1%

Yellow 24.6%

Black 26.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB5588. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B58 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BB528D when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC6699, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #BB5588 Nearest web-safe · #CC6699

Gradient to complement

#BB528D #AA648B #987589 #878787 #759884 #64AA82 #52BB80

Color vision previews

Compare how #BB528D appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#5D6C8F

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#7A7E8A

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#C74F69

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#89668D

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#91718B

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BB5582

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#777777

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#9E6783

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.49693 G 0.08438 B 0.26636

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.68266 G 0.34592 B 0.54407

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.42369 G 0.09807 B 0.25712

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.382 y 0.250 Y 18.524

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 26.667 M % 67.843 Y % 44.706

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111011 01010010 10001101