#BB38B8#BB38B8

#BB38B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.218 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB38B8
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(301, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(301, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.08, 66.34, -40.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.08, 77.80, 328.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% 0.1863 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.218 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5591, 16.8561, 46.9821)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB38B8 #38BB3B

analogous

#7C38BB #BB38B8 #BB3876

triadic

#BB38B8 #B8BB38 #38B8BB

tetradic

#BB38B8 #BB7C38 #38BB3B #3876BB

square

#BB38B8 #BB7C38 #38BB3B #3876BB

split-complementary

#BB38B8 #76BB38 #38BB7C

monochromatic

#5D1C5B #8C2A8A #BB38B8 #D061CD #DE90DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BB38B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BB38B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB38B8

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB38B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB38B8	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2667BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C78B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb38b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.218 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bce',
    500: '#bb38b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb38b8;
$custom-light: #d37bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb38b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.374,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58096,
    "c": 0.21758,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB38B8

secondary

#86C888

accent

#DD4E4B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB38B8

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

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