#BB35A8#BB35A8

#BB35A8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.209 H 334.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB35A8
RGB	rgb(187, 53, 168)
HSL	hsl(309, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(309, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 10.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.90, 64.86, -33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.90, 72.82, 332.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% 0.1885 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.209 334.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8348, 15.9406, 38.5964)
Luminance	0.1594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB35A8 #35BB48

analogous

#8B35BB #BB35A8 #BB3565

triadic

#BB35A8 #A8BB35 #35A8BB

tetradic

#BB35A8 #BB8B35 #35BB48 #3565BB

square

#BB35A8 #BB8B35 #35BB48 #3565BB

split-complementary

#BB35A8 #65BB35 #35BB8B

monochromatic

#5C1A52 #8B277D #BB35A8 #D15CC0 #DE8CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#BB35A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#BB35A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB35A8

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB35A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB35A8	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3363AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6376A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4406B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb35a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 53, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.209 334.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d379c2',
    500: '#bb35a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb35a8;
$custom-light: #d379c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb35a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.507,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5698,
    "c": 0.20908,
    "h": 334.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB35A8

secondary

#83C98D

accent

#DF5E49

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB35A8

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

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