#BB36C1#BB36C1

#BB36C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.227 H 326.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB36C1
RGB	rgb(187, 54, 193)
HSL	hsl(297, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(297, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 72%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.33, 68.50, -45.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.33, 82.23, 326.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% 0.1883 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.227 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4377, 17.0555, 52.0779)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB36C1 #3CC136

analogous

#7536C1 #BB36C1 #C13681

triadic

#BB36C1 #C1BB36 #36C1BB

tetradic

#BB36C1 #C17536 #3CC136 #3681C1

square

#BB36C1 #C17536 #3CC136 #3681C1

split-complementary

#BB36C1 #81C136 #36C175

monochromatic

#5E1B61 #8D2991 #BB36C1 #CE61D3 #DD91E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BB36C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BB36C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB36C1

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB36C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB36C1	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1068C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5678BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C04D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb36c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 54, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.227 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ad4',
    500: '#bb36c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb36c1;
$custom-light: #d37ad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb36c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.41,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58435,
    "c": 0.22678,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB36C1

secondary

#8BCB88

accent

#E0484F

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB36C1

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

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