#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
RGB	rgb(187, 55, 185)
HSL	hsl(301, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(301, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 66.84, -41.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 78.60, 328.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% 0.1873 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.219 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6163, 16.8022, 47.5201)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##BB37B9	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #BB37B9

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

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