#BB23B5#BB23B5

#BB23B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.235 H 330.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB23B5
RGB	rgb(187, 35, 181)
HSL	hsl(302, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(302, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.78, 72.00, -42.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.78, 83.63, 329.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.2039 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.235 330)
XYZ	xyz(29.4349, 15.1054, 45.0725)
Luminance	0.1510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB23B5 #23BB29

analogous

#7523BB #BB23B5 #BB2369

triadic

#BB23B5 #B5BB23 #23B5BB

tetradic

#BB23B5 #BB7523 #23BB29 #2369BB

square

#BB23B5 #BB7523 #23BB29 #2369BB

split-complementary

#BB23B5 #69BB23 #23BB75

monochromatic

#541051 #871983 #BB23B5 #DB40D5 #E574E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#BB23B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#BB23B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB23B5

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB23B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB23B5	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5573B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23C6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb23b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 35, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.235 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d473cc',
    500: '#bb23b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb23b5;
$custom-light: #d473cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb23b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.368,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.564,
    "c": 0.2354,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.15103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB23B5

secondary

#6ECC72

accent

#EB433C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEDF9

border

#D4C8D2

text

#150913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB23B5

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

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