#BB35B8#BB35B8

#BB35B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.221 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB35B8
RGB	rgb(187, 53, 184)
HSL	hsl(301, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(301, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.72, 67.36, -41.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.72, 78.97, 328.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% 0.1892 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.221 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4181, 16.5739, 46.9351)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB35B8 #35BB38

analogous

#7B35BB #BB35B8 #BB3575

triadic

#BB35B8 #B8BB35 #35B8BB

tetradic

#BB35B8 #BB7B35 #35BB38 #3575BB

square

#BB35B8 #BB7B35 #35BB38 #3575BB

split-complementary

#BB35B8 #75BB35 #35BB7B

monochromatic

#5C1A5A #8B2789 #BB35B8 #D15CCE #DE8CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BB35B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BB35B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB35B8

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB35B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB35B8	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2166BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B77B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb35b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 53, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.221 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d379ce',
    500: '#bb35b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb35b8;
$custom-light: #d379ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb35b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.343,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57838,
    "c": 0.22091,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB35B8

secondary

#83C985

accent

#DF4C49

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB35B8

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

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