#BB38AE#BB38AE

#BB38AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.210 H 332.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB38AE
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 174)
HSL	hsl(306, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(306, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.56, 64.74, -35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.56, 73.88, 331.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.56% 0.1859 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(57.56% 0.21 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5477, 16.4515, 41.6554)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB38AE #38BB45

analogous

#8638BB #BB38AE #BB386D

triadic

#BB38AE #AEBB38 #38AEBB

tetradic

#BB38AE #BB8638 #38BB45 #386DBB

square

#BB38AE #BB8638 #38BB45 #386DBB

split-complementary

#BB38AE #6DBB38 #38BB86

monochromatic

#5D1C56 #8C2A82 #BB38AE #D061C5 #DE90D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BB38AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BB38AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB38AE

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB38AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB38AE	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3165B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6177AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3456F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb38ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.210 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ac6',
    500: '#bb38ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb38ae;
$custom-light: #d37ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb38ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.954,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57556,
    "c": 0.21001,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB38AE

secondary

#86C88D

accent

#DD594B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB38AE

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

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