#BB38C3#BB38C3

#BB38C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.226 H 325.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB38C3
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(297, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(297, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 71.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.68, 68.16, -46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.68, 82.29, 325.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% 0.1864 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.226 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7573, 17.3353, 53.2925)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB38C3 #40C338

analogous

#7638C3 #BB38C3 #C33886

triadic

#BB38C3 #C3BB38 #38C3BB

tetradic

#BB38C3 #C37638 #40C338 #3886C3

square

#BB38C3 #C37638 #40C338 #3886C3

split-complementary

#BB38C3 #86C338 #38C376

monochromatic

#601D64 #8D2A93 #BB38C3 #CD65D3 #DC95E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BB38C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BB38C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB38C3

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB38C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB38C3	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1169C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5679C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb38c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.226 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bd6',
    500: '#bb38c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb38c3;
$custom-light: #d37bd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb38c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.547,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58721,
    "c": 0.22619,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB38C3

secondary

#8FCC8B

accent

#DF4952

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB38C3

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

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