#BB38B5#BB38B5

#BB38B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.215 H 329.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB38B5
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 181)
HSL	hsl(303, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(303, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.92, 65.85, -39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.92, 76.61, 329.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.1862 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.215 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2480, 16.7316, 45.3435)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB38B5 #38BB3E

analogous

#7F38BB #BB38B5 #BB3874

triadic

#BB38B5 #B5BB38 #38B5BB

tetradic

#BB38B5 #BB7F38 #38BB3E #3874BB

square

#BB38B5 #BB7F38 #38BB3E #3874BB

split-complementary

#BB38B5 #74BB38 #38BB7F

monochromatic

#5D1C5A #8C2A87 #BB38B5 #D061CA #DE90DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BB38B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BB38B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB38B5

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB38B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB38B5	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2966B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E78B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb38b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.215 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bcb',
    500: '#bb38b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb38b5;
$custom-light: #d37bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb38b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.748,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57931,
    "c": 0.21528,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB38B5

secondary

#86C889

accent

#DD514B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB38B5

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

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