#BB33AA#BB33AA

#BB33AA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.213 H 333.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB33AA
RGB	rgb(187, 51, 170)
HSL	hsl(308, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(308, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 9.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.76, 65.83, -34.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.76, 74.32, 332.34°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% 0.1906 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.213 333.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9333, 15.8372, 39.5555)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB33AA #33BB44

analogous

#8833BB #BB33AA #BB3366

triadic

#BB33AA #AABB33 #33AABB

tetradic

#BB33AA #BB8833 #33BB44 #3366BB

square

#BB33AA #BB8833 #33BB44 #3366BB

split-complementary

#BB33AA #66BB33 #33BB88

monochromatic

#5B1953 #8B267E #BB33AA #D259C3 #DF89D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#BB33AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#BB33AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB33AA

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB33AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB33AA	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F62AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6176A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4406B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb33aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 51, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.213 333.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d378c3',
    500: '#bb33aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb33aa;
$custom-light: #d378c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb33aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56914,
    "c": 0.21275,
    "h": 333.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB33AA

secondary

#81C98A

accent

#E05B47

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB33AA

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

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