#BB36E2#BB36E2

#BB36E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.253 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB36E2
RGB	rgb(187, 54, 226)
HSL	hsl(286, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(286, 76%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 76.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.33, 74.31, -61.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.33, 96.28, 320.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% 0.1856 -0.1724)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.253 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5381, 18.6957, 73.6734)
Luminance	0.1869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB36E2 #5DE236

analogous

#6536E2 #BB36E2 #E236B3

triadic

#BB36E2 #E2BB36 #36E2BB

tetradic

#BB36E2 #E26536 #5DE236 #36B3E2

square

#BB36E2 #E26536 #5DE236 #36B3E2

split-complementary

#BB36E2 #B3E236 #36E265

monochromatic

#6F148A #9A1CBF #BB36E2 #CD6BEA #DFA1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#BB36E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#BB36E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB36E2

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB36E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB36E2	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#397CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb36e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 54, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.253 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bec',
    500: '#bb36e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb36e2;
$custom-light: #d47bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb36e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.395,
    "s": 74.783,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60494,
    "c": 0.25334,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB36E2

secondary

#A6DE96

accent

#F13661

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB36E2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →