#BB36B0#BB36B0

#BB36B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.214 H 331.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB36B0
RGB	rgb(187, 54, 176)
HSL	hsl(305, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(305, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 5.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.42, 65.75, -37.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.42, 75.45, 330.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% 0.188 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.214 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6492, 16.3401, 42.6583)
Luminance	0.1634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB36B0 #36BB41

analogous

#8336BB #BB36B0 #BB366E

triadic

#BB36B0 #B0BB36 #36B0BB

tetradic

#BB36B0 #BB8336 #36BB41 #366EBB

square

#BB36B0 #BB8336 #36BB41 #366EBB

split-complementary

#BB36B0 #6EBB36 #36BB83

monochromatic

#5C1B57 #8C2883 #BB36B0 #D05EC7 #DE8DD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#BB36B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#BB36B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB36B0

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB36B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB36B0	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C65B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F77AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3456F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb36b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 54, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.214 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d379c8',
    500: '#bb36b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb36b0;
$custom-light: #d379c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb36b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.962,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57486,
    "c": 0.2138,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB36B0

secondary

#84C98A

accent

#DF5649

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB36B0

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

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