#BB38B7#BB38B7

#BB38B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.217 H 329.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB38B7
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 183)
HSL	hsl(302, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(302, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 2.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.03, 66.17, -40.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.03, 77.40, 328.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% 0.1863 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.217 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4547, 16.8143, 46.4320)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB38B7 #38BB3C

analogous

#7D38BB #BB38B7 #BB3876

triadic

#BB38B7 #B7BB38 #38B7BB

tetradic

#BB38B7 #BB7D38 #38BB3C #3876BB

square

#BB38B7 #BB7D38 #38BB3C #3876BB

split-complementary

#BB38B7 #76BB38 #38BB7D

monochromatic

#5D1C5B #8C2A89 #BB38B7 #D061CC #DE90DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BB38B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BB38B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB38B7

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB38B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB38B7	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2767BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D78B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb38b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.217 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bcd',
    500: '#bb38b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb38b7;
$custom-light: #d37bcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb38b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.832,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58041,
    "c": 0.21681,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB38B7

secondary

#86C888

accent

#DD4F4B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB38B7

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

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