#BB37C3#BB37C3

#BB37C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.227 H 325.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB37C3
RGB	rgb(187, 55, 195)
HSL	hsl(297, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(297, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 71.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 68.50, -46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 82.68, 325.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% 0.1873 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.227 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7093, 17.2394, 53.2766)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB37C3 #3FC337

analogous

#7537C3 #BB37C3 #C33785

triadic

#BB37C3 #C3BB37 #37C3BB

tetradic

#BB37C3 #C37537 #3FC337 #3785C3

square

#BB37C3 #C37537 #3FC337 #3785C3

split-complementary

#BB37C3 #85C337 #37C375

monochromatic

#5F1C64 #8D2A93 #BB37C3 #CD64D3 #DC94E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BB37C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BB37C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB37C3

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB37C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB37C3	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D69C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5579C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb37c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 55, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.227 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bd6',
    500: '#bb37c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb37c3;
$custom-light: #d37bd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb37c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58636,
    "c": 0.22727,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB37C3

secondary

#8ECC8A

accent

#DF4951

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB37C3

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

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