#BB37C6#BB37C6

#BB37C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.230 H 324.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB37C6
RGB	rgb(187, 55, 198)
HSL	hsl(295, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(295, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 72.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.73, 69.01, -47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.73, 83.92, 325.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% 0.1872 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.23 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0519, 17.3764, 55.0809)
Luminance	0.1737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB37C6 #42C637

analogous

#7437C6 #BB37C6 #C63789

triadic

#BB37C6 #C6BB37 #37C6BB

tetradic

#BB37C6 #C67437 #42C637 #3789C6

square

#BB37C6 #C67437 #42C637 #3789C6

split-complementary

#BB37C6 #89C637 #37C674

monochromatic

#611C66 #8E2A96 #BB37C6 #CC66D4 #DC96E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BB37C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BB37C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB37C6

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB37C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB37C6	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#016ACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5379C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF507C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb37c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 55, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.230 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bd8',
    500: '#bb37c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb37c6;
$custom-light: #d37bd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb37c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58813,
    "c": 0.22965,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB37C6

secondary

#91CD8C

accent

#E04854

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB37C6

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

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