#BB36B8#BB36B8

#BB36B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.220 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB36B8
RGB	rgb(187, 54, 184)
HSL	hsl(301, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(301, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.84, 67.02, -41.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.84, 78.59, 328.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% 0.1883 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.22 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4641, 16.6661, 46.9505)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB36B8 #36BB39

analogous

#7B36BB #BB36B8 #BB3676

triadic

#BB36B8 #B8BB36 #36B8BB

tetradic

#BB36B8 #BB7B36 #36BB39 #3676BB

square

#BB36B8 #BB7B36 #36BB39 #3676BB

split-complementary

#BB36B8 #76BB36 #36BB7B

monochromatic

#5C1B5B #8C2889 #BB36B8 #D05ECE #DE8DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BB36B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BB36B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB36B8

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB36B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB36B8	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2266BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B78B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb36b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 54, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.220 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ace',
    500: '#bb36b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb36b8;
$custom-light: #d37ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb36b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.353,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57922,
    "c": 0.21982,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB36B8

secondary

#84C986

accent

#DF4D49

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB36B8

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

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