#BB36A8#BB36A8

#BB36A8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.208 H 334.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB36A8
RGB	rgb(187, 54, 168)
HSL	hsl(309, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(309, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 10.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.02, 64.52, -32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.02, 72.43, 332.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% 0.1875 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.208 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8808, 16.0327, 38.6118)
Luminance	0.1603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB36A8 #36BB49

analogous

#8B36BB #BB36A8 #BB3666

triadic

#BB36A8 #A8BB36 #36A8BB

tetradic

#BB36A8 #BB8B36 #36BB49 #3666BB

square

#BB36A8 #BB8B36 #36BB49 #3666BB

split-complementary

#BB36A8 #66BB36 #36BB8B

monochromatic

#5C1B53 #8C287D #BB36A8 #D05EC0 #DE8DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#BB36A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#BB36A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB36A8

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB36A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB36A8	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3463AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6376A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4416B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb36a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 54, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.208 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d379c2',
    500: '#bb36a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb36a8;
$custom-light: #d379c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb36a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57067,
    "c": 0.20794,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB36A8

secondary

#84C98E

accent

#DF5F49

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB36A8

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

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