#BB36B1#BB36B1

#BB36B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.215 H 331.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB36B1
RGB	rgb(187, 54, 177)
HSL	hsl(305, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(305, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 5.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.47, 65.91, -37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.47, 75.83, 330.35°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% 0.1881 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.215 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7485, 16.3798, 43.1813)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB36B1 #36BB40

analogous

#8236BB #BB36B1 #BB366F

triadic

#BB36B1 #B1BB36 #36B1BB

tetradic

#BB36B1 #BB8236 #36BB40 #366FBB

square

#BB36B1 #BB8236 #36BB40 #366FBB

split-complementary

#BB36B1 #6FBB36 #36BB82

monochromatic

#5C1B57 #8C2884 #BB36B1 #D05EC8 #DE8DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BB36B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BB36B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB36B1

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB36B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB36B1	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B65B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F77AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb36b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 54, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.215 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d379c9',
    500: '#bb36b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb36b1;
$custom-light: #d379c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb36b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.511,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57539,
    "c": 0.21453,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB36B1

secondary

#84C989

accent

#DF5549

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB36B1

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

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