#BB37D9#BB37D9

#BB37D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.245 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB37D9
RGB	rgb(187, 55, 217)
HSL	hsl(289, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(289, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 74.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.87, 72.35, -56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.87, 92.01, 321.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% 0.1859 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.245 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3825, 18.3086, 67.3550)
Luminance	0.1831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB37D9 #55D937

analogous

#6A37D9 #BB37D9 #D937A6

triadic

#BB37D9 #D9BB37 #37D9BB

tetradic

#BB37D9 #D96A37 #55D937 #37A6D9

square

#BB37D9 #D96A37 #55D937 #37A6D9

split-complementary

#BB37D9 #A6D937 #37D96A

monochromatic

#6B187E #9722B1 #BB37D9 #CC6AE3 #DE9EED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BB37D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BB37D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB37D9

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB37D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB37D9	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB5986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb37d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 55, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.245 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47be5',
    500: '#bb37d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb37d9;
$custom-light: #d47be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb37d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.889,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59986,
    "c": 0.24498,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB37D9

secondary

#A0D993

accent

#EB3D5D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB37D9

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

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