#BB36BA#BB36BA

#BB36BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.221 H 328.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB36BA
RGB	rgb(187, 54, 186)
HSL	hsl(300, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 67.35, -42.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 79.39, 328.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.1883 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.221 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6753, 16.7505, 48.0624)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB36BA #36BB37

analogous

#7936BB #BB36BA #BB3678

triadic

#BB36BA #BABB36 #36BABB

tetradic

#BB36BA #BB7936 #36BB37 #3678BB

square

#BB36BA #BB7936 #36BB37 #3678BB

split-complementary

#BB36BA #78BB36 #36BB79

monochromatic

#5C1B5C #8C288B #BB36BA #D05ED0 #DE8DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BB36BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BB36BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB36BA

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB36BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB36BA	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F67BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A78B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb36ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 54, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.221 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37acf',
    500: '#bb36ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb36ba;
$custom-light: #d37acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb36ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.451,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58034,
    "c": 0.22135,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB36BA

secondary

#84C985

accent

#DF4A49

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB36BA

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

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