#BB36B2#BB36B2

#BB36B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.215 H 330.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB36B2
RGB	rgb(187, 54, 178)
HSL	hsl(304, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(304, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 4.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, 66.06, -38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 76.22, 330.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% 0.1881 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.215 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8485, 16.4198, 43.7081)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB36B2 #36BB3F

analogous

#8136BB #BB36B2 #BB3670

triadic

#BB36B2 #B2BB36 #36B2BB

tetradic

#BB36B2 #BB8136 #36BB3F #3670BB

square

#BB36B2 #BB8136 #36BB3F #3670BB

split-complementary

#BB36B2 #70BB36 #36BB81

monochromatic

#5C1B58 #8C2885 #BB36B2 #D05EC9 #DE8DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BB36B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BB36B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB36B2

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB36B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB36B2	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A65B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E77AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb36b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 54, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.215 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ac9',
    500: '#bb36b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb36b2;
$custom-light: #d37ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb36b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.06,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57593,
    "c": 0.21528,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB36B2

secondary

#84C989

accent

#DF5349

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB36B2

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

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