#BB35C4#BB35C4

#BB35C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.230 H 325.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB35C4
RGB	rgb(187, 53, 196)
HSL	hsl(296, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(296, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 73%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.38, 69.34, -47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.38, 83.85, 325.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% 0.1891 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.23 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7297, 17.0986, 53.8430)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB35C4 #3EC435

analogous

#7435C4 #BB35C4 #C43586

triadic

#BB35C4 #C4BB35 #35C4BB

tetradic

#BB35C4 #C47435 #3EC435 #3586C4

square

#BB35C4 #C47435 #3EC435 #3586C4

split-complementary

#BB35C4 #86C435 #35C474

monochromatic

#5F1B64 #8D2894 #BB35C4 #CD62D4 #DC92E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BB35C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BB35C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB35C4

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB35C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB35C4	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5378C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb35c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 53, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.230 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ad6',
    500: '#bb35c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb35c4;
$custom-light: #d37ad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb35c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.224,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58528,
    "c": 0.23018,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB35C4

secondary

#8DCC88

accent

#E14751

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB35C4

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

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