#BB37B9#BB37B9

#BB37B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.219 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BB37B9
RGBrgb(187, 55, 185)
HSLhsl(301, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(301, 71%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 70.6%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(48.01, 66.84, -41.34)
CIE-LCHlch(48.01, 78.60, 328.26°)
OKLaboklab(58.06% 0.1873 -0.1143)
OKLCHoklch(58.06% 0.219 328.6)
XYZxyz(30.6163, 16.8022, 47.5201)
Luminance0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BB37B9 #37BB39
analogous
#7B37BB #BB37B9 #BB3777
triadic
#BB37B9 #B9BB37 #37B9BB
tetradic
#BB37B9 #BB7B37 #37BB39 #3777BB
square
#BB37B9 #BB7B37 #37BB39 #3777BB
split-complementary
#BB37B9 #77BB37 #37BB7B
monochromatic
#5C1B5B #8C298A #BB37B9 #D05FCE #DE8EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82
#BB37B9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36
#BB37B9 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB37B9
4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BB37B9#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BB37B91.004.824.364.82
#FFFFFF4.821.0021.001.00
#0000004.3621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.821.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#2367BD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5B78B6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C14A74
Achromatopsia (no color)
#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bb37b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 55, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.219 328.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ace',
    500: '#bb37b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bb37b9;
$custom-light: #d37ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bb37b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.909,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58064,
    "c": 0.21947,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BB37B9
secondary
#85C986
accent
#DE4C4A
background
#FDF7FC
surface
#FAEEF9
border
#D3C9D2
text
#150A14
muted
#837C82

Preview Lab

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#BB37B9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva