#BB36BC#BB36BC

#BB36BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.223 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB36BC
RGB	rgb(187, 54, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 71.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 67.67, -43.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 80.19, 327.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% 0.1883 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.223 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8894, 16.8362, 49.1900)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB36BC #37BC36

analogous

#7836BC #BB36BC #BC367A

triadic

#BB36BC #BCBB36 #36BCBB

tetradic

#BB36BC #BC7836 #37BC36 #367ABC

square

#BB36BC #BC7836 #37BC36 #367ABC

split-complementary

#BB36BC #7ABC36 #36BC78

monochromatic

#5C1B5D #8C288C #BB36BC #D05ED1 #DE8EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BB36BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BB36BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB36BC

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB36BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB36BC	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C67C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5978B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb36bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 54, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.223 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ad1',
    500: '#bb36bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb36bc;
$custom-light: #d37ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb36bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.552,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58147,
    "c": 0.22289,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB36BC

secondary

#85C985

accent

#DF494A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB36BC

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

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