#BB36B9#BB36B9

#BB36B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.221 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB36B9
RGB	rgb(187, 54, 185)
HSL	hsl(301, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(301, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.89, 67.18, -41.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.89, 78.99, 328.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% 0.1883 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.221 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5693, 16.7081, 47.5045)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB36B9 #36BB38

analogous

#7A36BB #BB36B9 #BB3677

triadic

#BB36B9 #B9BB36 #36B9BB

tetradic

#BB36B9 #BB7A36 #36BB38 #3677BB

square

#BB36B9 #BB7A36 #36BB38 #3677BB

split-complementary

#BB36B9 #77BB36 #36BB7A

monochromatic

#5C1B5B #8C288A #BB36B9 #D05ECF #DE8DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BB36B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BB36B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB36B9

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB36B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB36B9	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2166BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B78B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb36b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 54, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.221 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ace',
    500: '#bb36b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb36b9;
$custom-light: #d37ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb36b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.902,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57978,
    "c": 0.22059,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB36B9

secondary

#84C985

accent

#DF4C49

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB36B9

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

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