#BB35D9#BB35D9

#BB35D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.247 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB35D9
RGB	rgb(187, 53, 217)
HSL	hsl(289, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(289, 76%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 75.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.64, 72.99, -57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.64, 92.74, 321.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% 0.1876 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.247 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2894, 18.1225, 67.3240)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB35D9 #53D935

analogous

#6935D9 #BB35D9 #D935A5

triadic

#BB35D9 #D9BB35 #35D9BB

tetradic

#BB35D9 #D96935 #53D935 #35A5D9

square

#BB35D9 #D96935 #53D935 #35A5D9

split-complementary

#BB35D9 #A5D935 #35D969

monochromatic

#6A177C #9621B0 #BB35D9 #CC69E3 #DE9CEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BB35D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#BB35D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB35D9

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB35D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB35D9	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB5886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb35d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 53, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.247 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47be5',
    500: '#bb35d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb35d9;
$custom-light: #d47be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb35d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.024,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59827,
    "c": 0.24694,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB35D9

secondary

#9ED891

accent

#EB3D5D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB35D9

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

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