#BB36BB#BB36BB

#BB36BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.222 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB36BB
RGB	rgb(187, 54, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.00, 67.51, -42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.00, 79.79, 327.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.1883 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.222 328)
XYZ	xyz(30.7819, 16.7932, 48.6242)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB36BB #36BB36

analogous

#7936BB #BB36BB #BB3679

triadic

#BB36BB #BBBB36 #36BBBB

tetradic

#BB36BB #BB7936 #36BB36 #3679BB

square

#BB36BB #BB7936 #36BB36 #3679BB

split-complementary

#BB36BB #79BB36 #36BB79

monochromatic

#5C1B5C #8C288C #BB36BB #D05ED0 #DE8DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BB36BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BB36BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB36BB

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB36BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB36BB	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E67BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5978B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb36bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 54, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.222 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ad0',
    500: '#bb36bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb36bb;
$custom-light: #d37ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb36bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58091,
    "c": 0.22212,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.16791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB36BB

secondary

#84C984

accent

#DF4949

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB36BB

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

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