#BB22A5#BB22A5

#BB22A5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.225 H 335.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB22A5
RGB	rgb(187, 34, 165)
HSL	hsl(309, 69%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(309, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.8%, 11.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, 69.88, -34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 77.96, 333.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.46% 0.2044 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(55.46% 0.225 335.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8575, 14.4281, 36.9078)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB22A5 #22BB38

analogous

#8422BB #BB22A5 #BB2259

triadic

#BB22A5 #A5BB22 #22A5BB

tetradic

#BB22A5 #BB8422 #22BB38 #2259BB

square

#BB22A5 #BB8422 #22BB38 #2259BB

split-complementary

#BB22A5 #59BB22 #22BB84

monochromatic

#530F4A #871977 #BB22A5 #DC3EC5 #E572D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#BB22A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#BB22A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB22A5

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB22A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB22A5	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#215CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D72A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb22a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 34, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.225 335.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d472c0',
    500: '#bb22a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb22a5;
$custom-light: #d472c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb22a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.627,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55455,
    "c": 0.22523,
    "h": 335.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB22A5

secondary

#6DCC7A

accent

#EC553C

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FBEDF7

border

#D4C8D0

text

#150912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB22A5

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

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