#BB23A6#BB23A6

#BB23A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.225 H 334.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB23A6
RGB	rgb(187, 35, 166)
HSL	hsl(308, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(308, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 11.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.97, 69.79, -34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.97, 78.05, 333.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.57% 0.2038 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(55.57% 0.225 334.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9779, 14.5226, 37.3987)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB23A6 #23BB38

analogous

#8423BB #BB23A6 #BB235A

triadic

#BB23A6 #A6BB23 #23A6BB

tetradic

#BB23A6 #BB8423 #23BB38 #235ABB

square

#BB23A6 #BB8423 #23BB38 #235ABB

split-complementary

#BB23A6 #5ABB23 #23BB84

monochromatic

#54104A #871978 #BB23A6 #DB40C6 #E574D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#BB23A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#BB23A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB23A6

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB23A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB23A6	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#215CA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D72A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb23a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 35, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.225 334.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d472c1',
    500: '#bb23a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb23a6;
$custom-light: #d472c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb23a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.289,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55566,
    "c": 0.22511,
    "h": 334.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB23A6

secondary

#6ECC7B

accent

#EB553C

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FBEDF7

border

#D4C8D0

text

#150912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB23A6

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

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