#BB37C1#BB37C1

#BB37C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.226 H 326.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB37C1
RGB	rgb(187, 55, 193)
HSL	hsl(297, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(297, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 71.5%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.45, 68.17, -45.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.45, 81.85, 326.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.52% 0.1873 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(58.52% 0.226 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4847, 17.1495, 52.0936)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB37C1 #3DC137

analogous

#7637C1 #BB37C1 #C13782

triadic

#BB37C1 #C1BB37 #37C1BB

tetradic

#BB37C1 #C17637 #3DC137 #3782C1

square

#BB37C1 #C17637 #3DC137 #3782C1

split-complementary

#BB37C1 #82C137 #37C176

monochromatic

#5F1C62 #8D2991 #BB37C1 #CE63D2 #DD92E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BB37C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BB37C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB37C1

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB37C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB37C1	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1369C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5679BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C04E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb37c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 55, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.226 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bd4',
    500: '#bb37c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb37c1;
$custom-light: #d37bd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb37c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.391,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58519,
    "c": 0.2257,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB37C1

secondary

#8CCB89

accent

#DF494F

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB37C1

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

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