#BB36A7#BB36A7

#BB36A7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.207 H 334.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB36A7
RGB	rgb(187, 54, 167)
HSL	hsl(309, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(309, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 10.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.97, 64.37, -32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.97, 72.06, 333.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% 0.1874 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.207 334.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7880, 15.9956, 38.1230)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB36A7 #36BB4A

analogous

#8D36BB #BB36A7 #BB3664

triadic

#BB36A7 #A7BB36 #36A7BB

tetradic

#BB36A7 #BB8D36 #36BB4A #3664BB

square

#BB36A7 #BB8D36 #36BB4A #3664BB

split-complementary

#BB36A7 #64BB36 #36BB8D

monochromatic

#5C1B52 #8C287D #BB36A7 #D05EBF #DE8DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#BB36A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#BB36A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB36A7

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB36A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB36A7	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3563AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6476A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4416A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb36a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 54, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.207 334.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d379c1',
    500: '#bb36a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb36a7;
$custom-light: #d379c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb36a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.023,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57016,
    "c": 0.20722,
    "h": 334.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB36A7

secondary

#84C98E

accent

#DF6049

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB36A7

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

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