#BB35A7#BB35A7

#BB35A7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.208 H 334.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB35A7
RGB	rgb(187, 53, 167)
HSL	hsl(309, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(309, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 10.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.85, 64.71, -32.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.85, 72.45, 333.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% 0.1884 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.208 334.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7420, 15.9035, 38.1077)
Luminance	0.1590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB35A7 #35BB49

analogous

#8C35BB #BB35A7 #BB3564

triadic

#BB35A7 #A7BB35 #35A7BB

tetradic

#BB35A7 #BB8C35 #35BB49 #3564BB

square

#BB35A7 #BB8C35 #35BB49 #3564BB

split-complementary

#BB35A7 #64BB35 #35BB8C

monochromatic

#5C1A52 #8B277C #BB35A7 #D15CBF #DE8CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#BB35A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#BB35A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB35A7

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB35A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB35A7	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3462AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6376A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4406A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb35a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 53, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.208 334.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d379c1',
    500: '#bb35a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb35a7;
$custom-light: #d379c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb35a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.955,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56929,
    "c": 0.20837,
    "h": 334.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB35A7

secondary

#83C98D

accent

#DF5F49

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB35A7

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

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