#BB23A9#BB23A9

#BB23A9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.227 H 333.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB23A9
RGB	rgb(187, 35, 169)
HSL	hsl(307, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(307, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 9.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.13, 70.22, -36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.13, 79.13, 332.55°)
OKLab	oklab(55.73% 0.2039 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(55.73% 0.227 333.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2563, 14.6340, 38.8649)
Luminance	0.1463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB23A9 #23BB35

analogous

#8123BB #BB23A9 #BB235D

triadic

#BB23A9 #A9BB23 #23A9BB

tetradic

#BB23A9 #BB8123 #23BB35 #235DBB

square

#BB23A9 #BB8123 #23BB35 #235DBB

split-complementary

#BB23A9 #5DBB23 #23BB81

monochromatic

#54104C #87197A #BB23A9 #DB40C9 #E574D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#BB23A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#BB23A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB23A9

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB23A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB23A9	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D5DAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C72A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb23a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 35, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.227 333.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d472c3',
    500: '#bb23a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb23a9;
$custom-light: #d472c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb23a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.105,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55728,
    "c": 0.22713,
    "h": 333.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB23A9

secondary

#6ECC79

accent

#EB513C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEDF8

border

#D4C8D1

text

#150912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB23A9

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

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