#BB35E1#BB35E1

#BB35E1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.253 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB35E1
RGB	rgb(187, 53, 225)
HSL	hsl(287, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(287, 76%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 76.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.16, 74.44, -60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.16, 96.20, 320.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% 0.1866 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.253 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3552, 18.5488, 72.9375)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB35E1 #5BE135

analogous

#6535E1 #BB35E1 #E135B1

triadic

#BB35E1 #E1BB35 #35E1BB

tetradic

#BB35E1 #E16535 #5BE135 #35B1E1

square

#BB35E1 #E16535 #5BE135 #35B1E1

split-complementary

#BB35E1 #B1E135 #35E165

monochromatic

#6E1487 #991CBD #BB35E1 #CD6AE9 #DFA0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BB35E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BB35E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB35E1

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB35E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB35E1	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#397BDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb35e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 53, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.253 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47beb',
    500: '#bb35e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb35e1;
$custom-light: #d47beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb35e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.744,
    "s": 74.138,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60351,
    "c": 0.25345,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB35E1

secondary

#A5DD95

accent

#F13760

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB35E1

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

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