#BB36C3#BB36C3

#BB36C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.228 H 325.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB36C3
RGB	rgb(187, 54, 195)
HSL	hsl(297, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(297, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 72.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.44, 68.84, -46.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.44, 83.06, 325.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.1882 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.228 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6623, 17.1453, 53.2609)
Luminance	0.1714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB36C3 #3EC336

analogous

#7536C3 #BB36C3 #C33685

triadic

#BB36C3 #C3BB36 #36C3BB

tetradic

#BB36C3 #C37536 #3EC336 #3685C3

square

#BB36C3 #C37536 #3EC336 #3685C3

split-complementary

#BB36C3 #85C336 #36C375

monochromatic

#5F1B63 #8D2993 #BB36C3 #CD63D4 #DC92E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BB36C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BB36C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB36C3

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB36C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB36C3	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0969C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5579C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb36c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 54, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.228 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ad6',
    500: '#bb36c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb36c3;
$custom-light: #d37ad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb36c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.596,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58552,
    "c": 0.22834,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB36C3

secondary

#8DCC89

accent

#E04851

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB36C3

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

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