#BB38C7#BB38C7

#BB38C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.229 H 324.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB38C7
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 199)
HSL	hsl(295, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(295, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 71.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.91, 68.84, -48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.91, 83.95, 325.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.1863 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.229 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2156, 17.5187, 55.7064)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB38C7 #44C738

analogous

#7438C7 #BB38C7 #C7388B

triadic

#BB38C7 #C7BB38 #38C7BB

tetradic

#BB38C7 #C77438 #44C738 #388BC7

square

#BB38C7 #C77438 #44C738 #388BC7

split-complementary

#BB38C7 #8BC738 #38C774

monochromatic

#611D67 #8E2B97 #BB38C7 #CB68D4 #DC98E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#BB38C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BB38C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB38C7

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB38C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB38C7	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#016ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5379C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF517C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb38c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.229 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bd8',
    500: '#bb38c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb38c7;
$custom-light: #d37bd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb38c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.965,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58957,
    "c": 0.22937,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB38C7

secondary

#93CD8D

accent

#DF4855

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB38C7

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

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