#BB38AA#BB38AA

#BB38AA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.207 H 333.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB38AA
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 170)
HSL	hsl(308, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(308, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 9.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.36, 64.12, -33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.36, 72.37, 332.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% 0.1856 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.207 333.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1636, 16.2979, 39.6322)
Luminance	0.1630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB38AA #38BB49

analogous

#8A38BB #BB38AA #BB3869

triadic

#BB38AA #AABB38 #38AABB

tetradic

#BB38AA #BB8A38 #38BB49 #3869BB

square

#BB38AA #BB8A38 #38BB49 #3869BB

split-complementary

#BB38AA #69BB38 #38BB8A

monochromatic

#5D1C54 #8C2A7F #BB38AA #D061C1 #DE90D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#BB38AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BB38AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB38AA

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB38AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB38AA	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3464AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6377A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4446D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb38aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.207 333.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ac3',
    500: '#bb38aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb38aa;
$custom-light: #d37ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb38aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.786,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57348,
    "c": 0.20706,
    "h": 333.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB38AA

secondary

#86C88F

accent

#DD5E4B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB38AA

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

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