#BB35C6#BB35C6

#BB35C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.232 H 324.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB35C6
RGB	rgb(187, 53, 198)
HSL	hsl(295, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(295, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 73.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 69.67, -48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 84.68, 325.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% 0.189 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.232 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9589, 17.1903, 55.0499)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB35C6 #40C635

analogous

#7335C6 #BB35C6 #C63589

triadic

#BB35C6 #C6BB35 #35C6BB

tetradic

#BB35C6 #C67335 #40C635 #3589C6

square

#BB35C6 #C67335 #40C635 #3589C6

split-complementary

#BB35C6 #89C635 #35C673

monochromatic

#601B65 #8D2896 #BB35C6 #CD63D5 #DC93E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BB35C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BB35C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB35C6

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB35C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB35C6	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5279C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb35c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 53, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.232 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ad8',
    500: '#bb35c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb35c6;
$custom-light: #d37ad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb35c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.448,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58647,
    "c": 0.23175,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB35C6

secondary

#8FCD8A

accent

#E14752

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB35C6

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

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