#BB38B2#BB38B2

#BB38B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.213 H 330.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB38B2
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 178)
HSL	hsl(304, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(304, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 4.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 65.37, -37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 75.43, 330.07°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.1861 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.213 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9435, 16.6098, 43.7398)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB38B2 #38BB41

analogous

#8238BB #BB38B2 #BB3871

triadic

#BB38B2 #B2BB38 #38B2BB

tetradic

#BB38B2 #BB8238 #38BB41 #3871BB

square

#BB38B2 #BB8238 #38BB41 #3871BB

split-complementary

#BB38B2 #71BB38 #38BB82

monochromatic

#5D1C58 #8C2A85 #BB38B2 #D061C8 #DE90D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BB38B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BB38B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB38B2

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB38B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB38B2	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D66B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F78AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb38b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.213 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ac9',
    500: '#bb38b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb38b2;
$custom-light: #d37ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb38b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.122,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57769,
    "c": 0.213,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB38B2

secondary

#86C88B

accent

#DD554B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB38B2

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

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