#BB37C5#BB37C5

#BB37C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.229 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB37C5
RGB	rgb(187, 55, 197)
HSL	hsl(296, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(296, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 72.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.67, 68.84, -47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.67, 83.51, 325.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% 0.1873 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.229 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9370, 17.3304, 54.4754)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB37C5 #41C537

analogous

#7437C5 #BB37C5 #C53788

triadic

#BB37C5 #C5BB37 #37C5BB

tetradic

#BB37C5 #C57437 #41C537 #3788C5

square

#BB37C5 #C57437 #41C537 #3788C5

split-complementary

#BB37C5 #88C537 #37C574

monochromatic

#601C65 #8E2A95 #BB37C5 #CC65D4 #DC95E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BB37C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BB37C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB37C5

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB37C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB37C5	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0569C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5479C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb37c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 55, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.229 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bd7',
    500: '#bb37c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb37c5;
$custom-light: #d37bd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb37c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.775,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58753,
    "c": 0.22886,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB37C5

secondary

#90CD8B

accent

#E04853

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB37C5

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

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