#BB37BB#BB37BB

#BB37BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.221 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB37BB
RGB	rgb(187, 55, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 67.17, -42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 79.40, 327.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.1874 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.221 328)
XYZ	xyz(30.8290, 16.8872, 48.6399)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB37BB #37BB37

analogous

#7937BB #BB37BB #BB3779

triadic

#BB37BB #BBBB37 #37BBBB

tetradic

#BB37BB #BB7937 #37BB37 #3779BB

square

#BB37BB #BB7937 #37BB37 #3779BB

split-complementary

#BB37BB #79BB37 #37BB79

monochromatic

#5C1B5C #8C298C #BB37BB #D05FD0 #DE8EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BB37BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BB37BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB37BB

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB37BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB37BB	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2067BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A78B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb37bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 55, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.221 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ad0',
    500: '#bb37bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb37bb;
$custom-light: #d37ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb37bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58176,
    "c": 0.22102,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.16885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB37BB

secondary

#85C985

accent

#DE4A4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB37BB

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

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