#BB23B4#BB23B4

#BB23B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.235 H 330.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB23B4
RGB	rgb(187, 35, 180)
HSL	hsl(303, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(303, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.72, 71.84, -42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.72, 83.24, 329.67°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% 0.2039 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.235 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3327, 15.0645, 44.5340)
Luminance	0.1506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB23B4 #23BB2A

analogous

#7623BB #BB23B4 #BB2368

triadic

#BB23B4 #B4BB23 #23B4BB

tetradic

#BB23B4 #BB7623 #23BB2A #2368BB

square

#BB23B4 #BB7623 #23BB2A #2368BB

split-complementary

#BB23B4 #68BB23 #23BB76

monochromatic

#541051 #871982 #BB23B4 #DB40D4 #E574E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#BB23B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#BB23B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB23B4

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB23B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB23B4	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5673B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23B6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb23b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 35, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.235 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d472cb',
    500: '#bb23b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb23b4;
$custom-light: #d472cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb23b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.763,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56342,
    "c": 0.2347,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB23B4

secondary

#6ECC72

accent

#EB453C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEDF8

border

#D4C8D1

text

#150913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB23B4

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

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