#BB38AF#BB38AF

#BB38AF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.211 H 331.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB38AF
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 175)
HSL	hsl(305, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(305, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 6.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, 64.90, -36.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 74.27, 330.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% 0.1859 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.211 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6456, 16.4906, 42.1708)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB38AF #38BB44

analogous

#8538BB #BB38AF #BB386E

triadic

#BB38AF #AFBB38 #38AFBB

tetradic

#BB38AF #BB8538 #38BB44 #386EBB

square

#BB38AF #BB8538 #38BB44 #386EBB

split-complementary

#BB38AF #6EBB38 #38BB85

monochromatic

#5D1C57 #8C2A83 #BB38AF #D061C5 #DE90D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BB38AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BB38AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB38AF

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB38AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB38AF	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3065B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6177AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3466F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb38af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.211 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ac7',
    500: '#bb38af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb38af;
$custom-light: #d37ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb38af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.496,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57609,
    "c": 0.21076,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB38AF

secondary

#86C88C

accent

#DD584B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB38AF

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

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