#BB35A6#BB35A6

#BB35A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.208 H 335.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB35A6
RGB	rgb(187, 53, 166)
HSL	hsl(309, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(309, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 11.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.80, 64.56, -32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.80, 72.09, 333.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% 0.1883 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.208 335.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6499, 15.8667, 37.6227)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB35A6 #35BB4A

analogous

#8D35BB #BB35A6 #BB3563

triadic

#BB35A6 #A6BB35 #35A6BB

tetradic

#BB35A6 #BB8D35 #35BB4A #3563BB

square

#BB35A6 #BB8D35 #35BB4A #3563BB

split-complementary

#BB35A6 #63BB35 #35BB8D

monochromatic

#5C1A51 #8B277C #BB35A6 #D15CBF #DE8CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#BB35A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#BB35A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB35A6

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB35A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB35A6	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3562A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6476A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb35a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 53, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.208 335.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d379c1',
    500: '#bb35a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb35a6;
$custom-light: #d379c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb35a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.403,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56878,
    "c": 0.20765,
    "h": 335.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB35A6

secondary

#83C98E

accent

#DF6049

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB35A6

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

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