#BB23A8#BB23A8

#BB23A8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.226 H 334.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB23A8
RGB	rgb(187, 35, 168)
HSL	hsl(308, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(308, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 10.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.08, 70.07, -35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.08, 78.77, 332.83°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.2038 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.226 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1627, 14.5966, 38.3724)
Luminance	0.1459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB23A8 #23BB36

analogous

#8223BB #BB23A8 #BB235C

triadic

#BB23A8 #A8BB23 #23A8BB

tetradic

#BB23A8 #BB8223 #23BB36 #235CBB

square

#BB23A8 #BB8223 #23BB36 #235CBB

split-complementary

#BB23A8 #5CBB23 #23BB82

monochromatic

#54104B #87197A #BB23A8 #DB40C8 #E574D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#BB23A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#BB23A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB23A8

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB23A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB23A8	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E5DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C72A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43466

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb23a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 35, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.226 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d472c2',
    500: '#bb23a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb23a8;
$custom-light: #d472c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb23a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55674,
    "c": 0.22645,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB23A8

secondary

#6ECC7A

accent

#EB523C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEDF8

border

#D4C8D1

text

#150912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB23A8

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

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