#BB37B8#BB37B8

#BB37B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.219 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB37B8
RGB	rgb(187, 55, 184)
HSL	hsl(301, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(301, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.96, 66.68, -40.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.96, 78.20, 328.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% 0.1873 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.219 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5111, 16.7601, 46.9661)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB37B8 #37BB3A

analogous

#7C37BB #BB37B8 #BB3776

triadic

#BB37B8 #B8BB37 #37B8BB

tetradic

#BB37B8 #BB7C37 #37BB3A #3776BB

square

#BB37B8 #BB7C37 #37BB3A #3776BB

split-complementary

#BB37B8 #76BB37 #37BB7C

monochromatic

#5C1B5B #8C2989 #BB37B8 #D05FCD #DE8EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BB37B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BB37B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB37B8

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB37B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB37B8	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2467BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C78B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb37b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 55, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.219 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ace',
    500: '#bb37b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb37b8;
$custom-light: #d37ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb37b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.364,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58008,
    "c": 0.2187,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB37B8

secondary

#85C987

accent

#DE4D4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB37B8

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

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