#BB21A5#BB21A5

#BB21A5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.226 H 335.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB21A5
RGB	rgb(187, 33, 165)
HSL	hsl(309, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(309, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 11.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.76, 70.11, -34.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.76, 78.22, 333.68°)
OKLab	oklab(55.4% 0.2051 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(55.4% 0.226 335.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8293, 14.3717, 36.8984)
Luminance	0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB21A5 #21BB37

analogous

#8421BB #BB21A5 #BB2158

triadic

#BB21A5 #A5BB21 #21A5BB

tetradic

#BB21A5 #BB8421 #21BB37 #2158BB

square

#BB21A5 #BB8421 #21BB37 #2158BB

split-complementary

#BB21A5 #58BB21 #21BB84

monochromatic

#530F49 #871877 #BB21A5 #DD3DC6 #E671D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#BB21A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#BB21A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB21A5

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB21A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB21A5	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#205CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D72A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb21a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 33, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.226 335.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d471c0',
    500: '#bb21a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb21a5;
$custom-light: #d471c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb21a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55398,
    "c": 0.226,
    "h": 335.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB21A5

secondary

#6BCC79

accent

#ED543B

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FBEDF7

border

#D4C8D0

text

#150912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB21A5

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

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