#BB38B6#BB38B6

#BB38B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.216 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB38B6
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 182)
HSL	hsl(302, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(302, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 2.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, 66.01, -39.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 77.00, 329.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% 0.1863 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.216 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3510, 16.7728, 45.8858)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB38B6 #38BB3D

analogous

#7E38BB #BB38B6 #BB3875

triadic

#BB38B6 #B6BB38 #38B6BB

tetradic

#BB38B6 #BB7E38 #38BB3D #3875BB

square

#BB38B6 #BB7E38 #38BB3D #3875BB

split-complementary

#BB38B6 #75BB38 #38BB7E

monochromatic

#5D1C5A #8C2A88 #BB38B6 #D061CB #DE90DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BB38B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BB38B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB38B6

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB38B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB38B6	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2867BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D78B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb38b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.216 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bcc',
    500: '#bb38b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb38b6;
$custom-light: #d37bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb38b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.29,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57986,
    "c": 0.21605,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB38B6

secondary

#86C889

accent

#DD504B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB38B6

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

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