#BB38BF#BB38BF

#BB38BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.223 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB38BF
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 191)
HSL	hsl(298, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(298, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 70.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 67.49, -44.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 80.64, 326.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% 0.1864 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.223 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3111, 17.1569, 50.9425)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB38BF #3CBF38

analogous

#7738BF #BB38BF #BF387F

triadic

#BB38BF #BFBB38 #38BFBB

tetradic

#BB38BF #BF7738 #3CBF38 #387FBF

square

#BB38BF #BF7738 #3CBF38 #387FBF

split-complementary

#BB38BF #7FBF38 #38BF77

monochromatic

#5E1C60 #8D2A90 #BB38BF #CE63D1 #DD92DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BB38BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BB38BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB38BF

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB38BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB38BF	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A68C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5879BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C04D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb38bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.223 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bd3',
    500: '#bb38bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb38bf;
$custom-light: #d37bd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb38bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.222,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5849,
    "c": 0.22302,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB38BF

secondary

#8BCA89

accent

#DE4A4E

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB38BF

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

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