#BB37B7#BB37B7

#BB37B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.218 H 329.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB37B7
RGB	rgb(187, 55, 183)
HSL	hsl(302, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(302, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 2.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.90, 66.52, -40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.90, 77.80, 328.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% 0.1873 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.218 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4067, 16.7183, 46.4160)
Luminance	0.1672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB37B7 #37BB3B

analogous

#7D37BB #BB37B7 #BB3775

triadic

#BB37B7 #B7BB37 #37B7BB

tetradic

#BB37B7 #BB7D37 #37BB3B #3775BB

square

#BB37B7 #BB7D37 #37BB3B #3775BB

split-complementary

#BB37B7 #75BB37 #37BB7D

monochromatic

#5C1B5A #8C2989 #BB37B7 #D05FCD #DE8EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BB37B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BB37B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB37B7

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB37B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB37B7	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2566BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C78B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb37b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 55, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.218 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37acd',
    500: '#bb37b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb37b7;
$custom-light: #d37acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb37b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.818,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57953,
    "c": 0.21794,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB37B7

secondary

#85C987

accent

#DE4E4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB37B7

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

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