#BB35B1#BB35B1

#BB35B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.216 H 331.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB35B1
RGB	rgb(187, 53, 177)
HSL	hsl(304, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(304, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 5.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.35, 66.24, -37.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.35, 76.22, 330.36°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% 0.189 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.216 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7024, 16.2877, 43.1659)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB35B1 #35BB3F

analogous

#8235BB #BB35B1 #BB356E

triadic

#BB35B1 #B1BB35 #35B1BB

tetradic

#BB35B1 #BB8235 #35BB3F #356EBB

square

#BB35B1 #BB8235 #35BB3F #356EBB

split-complementary

#BB35B1 #6EBB35 #35BB82

monochromatic

#5C1A57 #8B2784 #BB35B1 #D15CC8 #DE8CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#BB35B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BB35B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB35B1

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB35B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB35B1	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A64B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E77AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb35b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 53, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.216 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d379c9',
    500: '#bb35b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb35b1;
$custom-light: #d379c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb35b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.478,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57453,
    "c": 0.21565,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB35B1

secondary

#83C988

accent

#DF5449

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB35B1

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

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