#BB37AE#BB37AE

#BB37AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.211 H 332.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB37AE
RGB	rgb(187, 55, 174)
HSL	hsl(306, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(306, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.44, 65.09, -35.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.44, 74.29, 331.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% 0.1869 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.211 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4998, 16.3555, 41.6394)
Luminance	0.1635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB37AE #37BB44

analogous

#8637BB #BB37AE #BB376C

triadic

#BB37AE #AEBB37 #37AEBB

tetradic

#BB37AE #BB8637 #37BB44 #376CBB

square

#BB37AE #BB8637 #37BB44 #376CBB

split-complementary

#BB37AE #6CBB37 #37BB86

monochromatic

#5C1B56 #8C2982 #BB37AE #D05FC5 #DE8ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#BB37AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#BB37AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB37AE

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB37AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB37AE	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3065B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6177AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3456E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb37ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 55, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.211 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ac6',
    500: '#bb37ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb37ae;
$custom-light: #d37ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb37ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.909,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57467,
    "c": 0.21117,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB37AE

secondary

#85C98C

accent

#DE584A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB37AE

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

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