#BB38B3#BB38B3

#BB38B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.214 H 330.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB38B3
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 179)
HSL	hsl(304, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(304, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 4.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.82, 65.53, -38.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.82, 75.82, 329.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% 0.1862 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.214 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0443, 16.6501, 44.2705)
Luminance	0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB38B3 #38BB40

analogous

#8138BB #BB38B3 #BB3872

triadic

#BB38B3 #B3BB38 #38B3BB

tetradic

#BB38B3 #BB8138 #38BB40 #3872BB

square

#BB38B3 #BB8138 #38BB40 #3872BB

split-complementary

#BB38B3 #72BB38 #38BB81

monochromatic

#5D1C59 #8C2A86 #BB38B3 #D061C9 #DE90D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BB38B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BB38B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB38B3

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB38B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB38B3	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C66B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F78B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb38b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.214 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37aca',
    500: '#bb38b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb38b3;
$custom-light: #d37aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb38b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.664,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57822,
    "c": 0.21376,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB38B3

secondary

#86C88A

accent

#DD534B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB38B3

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

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