#BB38B0#BB38B0

#BB38B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.212 H 331.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB38B0
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 176)
HSL	hsl(305, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(305, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 5.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 65.06, -36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 74.65, 330.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% 0.186 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.212 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7442, 16.5301, 42.6899)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB38B0 #38BB43

analogous

#8438BB #BB38B0 #BB386F

triadic

#BB38B0 #B0BB38 #38B0BB

tetradic

#BB38B0 #BB8438 #38BB43 #386FBB

square

#BB38B0 #BB8438 #38BB43 #386FBB

split-complementary

#BB38B0 #6FBB38 #38BB84

monochromatic

#5D1C57 #8C2A84 #BB38B0 #D061C6 #DE90D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BB38B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BB38B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB38B0

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB38B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB38B0	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F65B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6078AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb38b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.212 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ac8',
    500: '#bb38b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb38b0;
$custom-light: #d37ac8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb38b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.038,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57662,
    "c": 0.21151,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB38B0

secondary

#86C88C

accent

#DD574B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB38B0

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

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