#BB36A6#BB36A6

#BB36A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.207 H 335.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB36A6
RGB	rgb(187, 54, 166)
HSL	hsl(309, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(309, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 11.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.92, 64.22, -31.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.92, 71.70, 333.60°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.1873 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.207 335.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6959, 15.9588, 37.6380)
Luminance	0.1596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB36A6 #36BB4B

analogous

#8E36BB #BB36A6 #BB3663

triadic

#BB36A6 #A6BB36 #36A6BB

tetradic

#BB36A6 #BB8E36 #36BB4B #3663BB

square

#BB36A6 #BB8E36 #36BB4B #3663BB

split-complementary

#BB36A6 #63BB36 #36BB8E

monochromatic

#5C1B52 #8C287C #BB36A6 #D05EBE #DE8DD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#BB36A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#BB36A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB36A6

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB36A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB36A6	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3663A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6476A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4406A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb36a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 54, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.207 335.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d379c1',
    500: '#bb36a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb36a6;
$custom-light: #d379c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb36a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.474,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56966,
    "c": 0.20651,
    "h": 335.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB36A6

secondary

#84C98F

accent

#DF6149

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB36A6

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

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