#BB36B6#BB36B6

#BB36B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.218 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB36B6
RGB	rgb(187, 54, 182)
HSL	hsl(302, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(302, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 2.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 66.70, -40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 77.79, 329.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% 0.1882 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.218 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2560, 16.5828, 45.8541)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB36B6 #36BB3B

analogous

#7E36BB #BB36B6 #BB3673

triadic

#BB36B6 #B6BB36 #36B6BB

tetradic

#BB36B6 #BB7E36 #36BB3B #3673BB

square

#BB36B6 #BB7E36 #36BB3B #3673BB

split-complementary

#BB36B6 #73BB36 #36BB7E

monochromatic

#5C1B5A #8C2888 #BB36B6 #D05ECC #DE8DDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BB36B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BB36B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB36B6

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB36B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB36B6	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2566BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C78B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb36b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 54, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.218 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37acc',
    500: '#bb36b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb36b6;
$custom-light: #d37acc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb36b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.256,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57811,
    "c": 0.2183,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB36B6

secondary

#84C987

accent

#DF4F49

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB36B6

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

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