#BB37BC#BB37BC

#BB37BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.222 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB37BC
RGB	rgb(187, 55, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 70.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 67.33, -42.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 79.81, 327.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% 0.1874 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.222 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9364, 16.9302, 49.2056)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB37BC #38BC37

analogous

#7937BC #BB37BC #BC377A

triadic

#BB37BC #BCBB37 #37BCBB

tetradic

#BB37BC #BC7937 #38BC37 #377ABC

square

#BB37BC #BC7937 #38BC37 #377ABC

split-complementary

#BB37BC #7ABC37 #37BC79

monochromatic

#5D1B5D #8C298D #BB37BC #D060D0 #DE8FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BB37BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BB37BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB37BC

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB37BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB37BC	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E67C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5978B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb37bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 55, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.222 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ad1',
    500: '#bb37bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb37bc;
$custom-light: #d37ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb37bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.549,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58233,
    "c": 0.2218,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB37BC

secondary

#86C986

accent

#DE4A4B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB37BC

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

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