#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
RGBrgb(187, 55, 198)
HSLhsl(295, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(295, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(5.6%, 72.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(48.73, 69.01, -47.75)
CIE-LCHlch(48.73, 83.92, 325.32°)
OKLaboklab(58.81% 0.1872 -0.133)
OKLCHoklch(58.81% 0.23 324.6)
XYZxyz(32.0519, 17.3764, 55.0809)
Luminance0.1737 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

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
##BB37C61.004.694.474.69
#FFFFFF4.691.0021.001.00
#0000004.4721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.691.0021.001.00

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

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#BB37C6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva