#BB38BA#BB38BA

#BB38BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.219 H 328.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB38BA
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 186)
HSL	hsl(300, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.19, 66.66, -41.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.19, 78.60, 328.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0.1864 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.219 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7703, 16.9405, 48.0940)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB38BA #38BB39

analogous

#7A38BB #BB38BA #BB3878

triadic

#BB38BA #BABB38 #38BABB

tetradic

#BB38BA #BB7A38 #38BB39 #3878BB

square

#BB38BA #BB7A38 #38BB39 #3878BB

split-complementary

#BB38BA #78BB38 #38BB7A

monochromatic

#5D1C5C #8C2A8B #BB38BA #D061CF #DE90DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BB38BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BB38BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB38BA

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB38BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB38BA	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2367BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B78B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb38ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.219 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bcf',
    500: '#bb38ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb38ba;
$custom-light: #d37bcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb38ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.458,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58207,
    "c": 0.21913,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB38BA

secondary

#86C887

accent

#DD4C4B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB38BA

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

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