#BB36B4#BB36B4

#BB36B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.217 H 330.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB36B4
RGB	rgb(187, 54, 180)
HSL	hsl(303, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(303, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, 66.38, -39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 77.00, 329.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.7% 0.1882 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(57.7% 0.217 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0508, 16.5007, 44.7734)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB36B4 #36BB3D

analogous

#8036BB #BB36B4 #BB3671

triadic

#BB36B4 #B4BB36 #36B4BB

tetradic

#BB36B4 #BB8036 #36BB3D #3671BB

square

#BB36B4 #BB8036 #36BB3D #3671BB

split-complementary

#BB36B4 #71BB36 #36BB80

monochromatic

#5C1B59 #8C2886 #BB36B4 #D05ECA #DE8DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BB36B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BB36B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB36B4

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB36B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB36B4	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2865B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D77B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb36b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 54, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.217 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37acb',
    500: '#bb36b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb36b4;
$custom-light: #d37acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb36b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.158,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57702,
    "c": 0.21679,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB36B4

secondary

#84C988

accent

#DF5149

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB36B4

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

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