#BB38B4#BB38B4

#BB38B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.215 H 330.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB38B4
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 180)
HSL	hsl(303, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(303, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, 65.69, -38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 76.21, 329.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% 0.1862 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.215 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1458, 16.6907, 44.8051)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB38B4 #38BB3F

analogous

#8038BB #BB38B4 #BB3873

triadic

#BB38B4 #B4BB38 #38B4BB

tetradic

#BB38B4 #BB8038 #38BB3F #3873BB

square

#BB38B4 #BB8038 #38BB3F #3873BB

split-complementary

#BB38B4 #73BB38 #38BB80

monochromatic

#5D1C59 #8C2A87 #BB38B4 #D061CA #DE90DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BB38B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BB38B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB38B4

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB38B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB38B4	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B66B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E78B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb38b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.215 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37acb',
    500: '#bb38b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb38b4;
$custom-light: #d37acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb38b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.206,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57877,
    "c": 0.21453,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB38B4

secondary

#86C88A

accent

#DD524B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB38B4

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

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