#BB36C5#BB36C5

#BB36C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.230 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB36C5
RGB	rgb(187, 54, 197)
HSL	hsl(296, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(296, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 72.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 69.18, -47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 83.89, 325.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% 0.1882 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.23 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8900, 17.2364, 54.4598)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB36C5 #40C536

analogous

#7436C5 #BB36C5 #C53688

triadic

#BB36C5 #C5BB36 #36C5BB

tetradic

#BB36C5 #C57436 #40C536 #3688C5

square

#BB36C5 #C57436 #40C536 #3688C5

split-complementary

#BB36C5 #88C536 #36C574

monochromatic

#601C65 #8D2995 #BB36C5 #CD64D4 #DC94E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BB36C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BB36C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB36C5

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB36C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB36C5	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5379C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb36c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 54, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.230 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ad7',
    500: '#bb36c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb36c5;
$custom-light: #d37ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb36c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.804,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5867,
    "c": 0.22992,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB36C5

secondary

#8FCD8A

accent

#E04852

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB36C5

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

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