#BB36B7#BB36B7

#BB36B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.219 H 329.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB36B7
RGB	rgb(187, 54, 183)
HSL	hsl(302, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(302, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 2.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.78, 66.86, -40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.78, 78.19, 328.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% 0.1883 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.219 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3597, 16.6243, 46.4004)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB36B7 #36BB3A

analogous

#7D36BB #BB36B7 #BB3674

triadic

#BB36B7 #B7BB36 #36B7BB

tetradic

#BB36B7 #BB7D36 #36BB3A #3674BB

square

#BB36B7 #BB7D36 #36BB3A #3674BB

split-complementary

#BB36B7 #74BB36 #36BB7D

monochromatic

#5C1B5A #8C2889 #BB36B7 #D05ECD #DE8DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BB36B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BB36B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB36B7

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB36B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB36B7	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2466BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C78B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb36b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 54, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.219 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37acd',
    500: '#bb36b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb36b7;
$custom-light: #d37acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb36b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.805,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57867,
    "c": 0.21906,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB36B7

secondary

#84C986

accent

#DF4E49

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB36B7

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

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