#BB35BE#BB35BE

#BB35BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.226 H 327.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB35BE
RGB	rgb(187, 53, 190)
HSL	hsl(299, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(299, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 72.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 68.34, -44.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 81.39, 327.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.1893 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.226 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0604, 16.8309, 50.3179)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB35BE #38BE35

analogous

#7635BE #BB35BE #BE357D

triadic

#BB35BE #BEBB35 #35BEBB

tetradic

#BB35BE #BE7635 #38BE35 #357DBE

square

#BB35BE #BE7635 #38BE35 #357DBE

split-complementary

#BB35BE #7DBE35 #35BE76

monochromatic

#5D1A5E #8C288E #BB35BE #D05ED2 #DE8EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BB35BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BB35BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB35BE

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB35BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB35BE	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1567C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5778BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C04B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb35be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 53, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.226 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ad2',
    500: '#bb35be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb35be;
$custom-light: #d37ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb35be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.686,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58178,
    "c": 0.22551,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB35BE

secondary

#86CA85

accent

#E0484B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB35BE

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

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