#BB23C4#BB23C4

#BB23C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.246 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB23C4
RGB	rgb(187, 35, 196)
HSL	hsl(297, 70%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(297, 82%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 82.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.65, 74.34, -49.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.65, 89.55, 326.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% 0.203 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.246 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0577, 15.7545, 53.6190)
Luminance	0.1575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB23C4 #2CC423

analogous

#6A23C4 #BB23C4 #C4237C

triadic

#BB23C4 #C4BB23 #23C4BB

tetradic

#BB23C4 #C46A23 #2CC423 #237CC4

square

#BB23C4 #C46A23 #2CC423 #237CC4

split-complementary

#BB23C4 #7CC423 #23C46A

monochromatic

#58105C #891A90 #BB23C4 #D646DE #E17AE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#BB23C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#BB23C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB23C4

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB23C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB23C4	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B75C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb23c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 35, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.246 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d473d6',
    500: '#bb23c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb23c4;
$custom-light: #d473d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb23c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.646,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57298,
    "c": 0.24613,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB23C4

secondary

#79CF74

accent

#ED3B45

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150914

muted

#837B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB23C4

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

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