#BB36BE#BB36BE

#BB36BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.224 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB36BE
RGB	rgb(187, 54, 190)
HSL	hsl(299, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(299, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 71.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, 68.00, -44.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 81.01, 327.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.26% 0.1883 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(58.26% 0.224 327)
XYZ	xyz(31.1064, 16.9230, 50.3333)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB36BE #39BE36

analogous

#7736BE #BB36BE #BE367D

triadic

#BB36BE #BEBB36 #36BEBB

tetradic

#BB36BE #BE7736 #39BE36 #367DBE

square

#BB36BE #BE7736 #39BE36 #367DBE

split-complementary

#BB36BE #7DBE36 #36BE77

monochromatic

#5D1B5F #8C288E #BB36BE #CF60D2 #DD8FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BB36BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BB36BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB36BE

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB36BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB36BE	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1867C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5878BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C04C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb36be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 54, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.224 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ad2',
    500: '#bb36be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb36be;
$custom-light: #d37ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb36be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.676,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58262,
    "c": 0.22444,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.16921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB36BE

secondary

#87CA86

accent

#DF494C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB36BE

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

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