#BB38BB#BB38BB

#BB38BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.220 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB38BB
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.24, 66.83, -42.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.24, 79.01, 327.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.26% 0.1864 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(58.26% 0.22 328)
XYZ	xyz(30.8769, 16.9832, 48.6559)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB38BB #38BB38

analogous

#7938BB #BB38BB #BB3879

triadic

#BB38BB #BBBB38 #38BBBB

tetradic

#BB38BB #BB7938 #38BB38 #3879BB

square

#BB38BB #BB7938 #38BB38 #3879BB

split-complementary

#BB38BB #79BB38 #38BB79

monochromatic

#5D1C5D #8C2A8C #BB38BB #D061D0 #DE90DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BB38BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#BB38BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB38BB

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB38BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB38BB	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2168BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A78B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb38bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.220 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bd0',
    500: '#bb38bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb38bb;
$custom-light: #d37bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb38bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58263,
    "c": 0.2199,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.16981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB38BB

secondary

#86C886

accent

#DD4B4B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB38BB

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

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