#BB36C4#BB36C4

#BB36C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.229 H 325.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB36C4
RGB	rgb(187, 54, 196)
HSL	hsl(296, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(296, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 72.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 69.01, -46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 83.47, 325.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.1882 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.229 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7758, 17.1907, 53.8583)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB36C4 #3FC436

analogous

#7436C4 #BB36C4 #C43686

triadic

#BB36C4 #C4BB36 #36C4BB

tetradic

#BB36C4 #C47436 #3FC436 #3686C4

square

#BB36C4 #C47436 #3FC436 #3686C4

split-complementary

#BB36C4 #86C436 #36C474

monochromatic

#5F1C64 #8D2994 #BB36C4 #CD63D4 #DC93E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BB36C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BB36C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB36C4

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB36C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB36C4	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0569C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5479C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb36c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 54, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.229 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ad6',
    500: '#bb36c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb36c4;
$custom-light: #d37ad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb36c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.197,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58611,
    "c": 0.22914,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB36C4

secondary

#8ECC89

accent

#E04851

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB36C4

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

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