#BB38C2#BB38C2

#BB38C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.225 H 325.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB38C2
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 194)
HSL	hsl(297, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(297, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 71.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.62, 67.99, -45.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.62, 81.87, 326.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% 0.1864 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.225 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6446, 17.2903, 52.6991)
Luminance	0.1729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB38C2 #3FC238

analogous

#7638C2 #BB38C2 #C23884

triadic

#BB38C2 #C2BB38 #38C2BB

tetradic

#BB38C2 #C27638 #3FC238 #3884C2

square

#BB38C2 #C27638 #3FC238 #3884C2

split-complementary

#BB38C2 #84C238 #38C276

monochromatic

#5F1D63 #8D2A93 #BB38C2 #CD65D2 #DC94E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BB38C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BB38C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB38C2

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB38C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB38C2	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1469C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5679BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C04F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb38c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.225 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bd5',
    500: '#bb38c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb38c2;
$custom-light: #d37bd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb38c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.957,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58663,
    "c": 0.2254,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB38C2

secondary

#8ECB8A

accent

#DF4951

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB38C2

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

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