#BB38C9#BB38C9

#BB38C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.231 H 323.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BB38C9
RGBrgb(187, 56, 201)
HSLhsl(294, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(294, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(7%, 72.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(49.02, 69.19, -49.02)
CIE-LCHlch(49.02, 84.79, 324.68°)
OKLaboklab(59.08% 0.1862 -0.1367)
OKLCHoklch(59.08% 0.231 323.7)
XYZxyz(32.4494, 17.6122, 56.9373)
Luminance0.1761 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BB38C9 #46C938
analogous
#7238C9 #BB38C9 #C9388E
triadic
#BB38C9 #C9BB38 #38C9BB
tetradic
#BB38C9 #C97238 #46C938 #388EC9
square
#BB38C9 #C97238 #46C938 #388EC9
split-complementary
#BB38C9 #8EC938 #38C972
monochromatic
#621D6A #8F2A9A #BB38C9 #CB68D6 #DC98E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64
#BB38C9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52
#BB38C9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB38C9
4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BB38C9#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BB38C91.004.644.524.64
#FFFFFF4.641.0021.001.00
#0000004.5221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.641.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006BCD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#527AC6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BE527E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bb38c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.231 323.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bda',
    500: '#bb38c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bb38c9;
$custom-light: #d37bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bb38c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.207,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59076,
    "c": 0.23097,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BB38C9
secondary
#94CF8E
accent
#E14756
background
#FDF8FD
surface
#FBEFFB
border
#D4CAD4
text
#150A15
muted
#837C83

Preview Lab

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#BB38C9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva