#BB38B1#BB38B1

#BB38B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.212 H 331.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB38B1
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 177)
HSL	hsl(305, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(305, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 5.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 65.21, -37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 75.04, 330.35°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% 0.1861 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.212 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8435, 16.5698, 43.2129)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB38B1 #38BB42

analogous

#8338BB #BB38B1 #BB3870

triadic

#BB38B1 #B1BB38 #38B1BB

tetradic

#BB38B1 #BB8338 #38BB42 #3870BB

square

#BB38B1 #BB8338 #38BB42 #3870BB

split-complementary

#BB38B1 #70BB38 #38BB83

monochromatic

#5D1C58 #8C2A84 #BB38B1 #D061C7 #DE90D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BB38B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BB38B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB38B1

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB38B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB38B1	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E66B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6078AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb38b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.212 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ac9',
    500: '#bb38b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb38b1;
$custom-light: #d37ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb38b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.58,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57715,
    "c": 0.21225,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB38B1

secondary

#86C88B

accent

#DD564B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB38B1

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

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