#BB38AC#BB38AC

#BB38AC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.209 H 333.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB38AC
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 172)
HSL	hsl(307, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(307, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.46, 64.43, -34.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.46, 73.12, 331.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% 0.1857 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.209 333)
XYZ	xyz(29.3542, 16.3741, 40.6362)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB38AC #38BB47

analogous

#8838BB #BB38AC #BB386B

triadic

#BB38AC #ACBB38 #38ACBB

tetradic

#BB38AC #BB8838 #38BB47 #386BBB

square

#BB38AC #BB8838 #38BB47 #386BBB

split-complementary

#BB38AC #6BBB38 #38BB88

monochromatic

#5D1C55 #8C2A81 #BB38AC #D061C3 #DE90D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BB38AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#BB38AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB38AC

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB38AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB38AC	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3365AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6277A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3456E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb38ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.209 333.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ac5',
    500: '#bb38ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb38ac;
$custom-light: #d37ac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb38ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.87,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57452,
    "c": 0.20853,
    "h": 333
  },
  "luminance": 0.16372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB38AC

secondary

#86C88E

accent

#DD5B4B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB38AC

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

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