#BB23B8#BB23B8

#BB23B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.238 H 329.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB23B8
RGB	rgb(187, 35, 184)
HSL	hsl(301, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(301, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.95, 72.45, -44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.95, 84.79, 328.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.57% 0.2038 -0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(56.57% 0.238 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7460, 15.2299, 46.7111)
Luminance	0.1523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB23B8 #23BB26

analogous

#7223BB #BB23B8 #BB236C

triadic

#BB23B8 #B8BB23 #23B8BB

tetradic

#BB23B8 #BB7223 #23BB26 #236CBB

square

#BB23B8 #BB7223 #23BB26 #236CBB

split-complementary

#BB23B8 #6CBB23 #23BB72

monochromatic

#541053 #871985 #BB23B8 #DB40D8 #E574E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#BB23B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#BB23B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB23B8

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB23B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB23B8	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5474B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23E6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb23b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 35, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.238 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d473ce',
    500: '#bb23b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb23b8;
$custom-light: #d473ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb23b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.184,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56574,
    "c": 0.23751,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB23B8

secondary

#6ECC70

accent

#EB403C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150914

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB23B8

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

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