#BB38DB#BB38DB

#BB38DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.246 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB38DB
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 219)
HSL	hsl(288, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(288, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 74.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.11, 72.38, -57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.11, 92.50, 321.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% 0.1848 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.246 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6922, 18.5093, 68.7494)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB38DB #58DB38

analogous

#6A38DB #BB38DB #DB38AA

triadic

#BB38DB #DBBB38 #38DBBB

tetradic

#BB38DB #DB6A38 #58DB38 #38AADB

square

#BB38DB #DB6A38 #58DB38 #38AADB

split-complementary

#BB38DB #AADB38 #38DB6A

monochromatic

#6C1781 #9821B5 #BB38DB #CD6CE4 #DEA0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BB38DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BB38DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB38DB

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB38DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB38DB	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB5A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb38db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.246 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ce7',
    500: '#bb38db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb38db;
$custom-light: #d47ce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb38db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.221,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60196,
    "c": 0.24563,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB38DB

secondary

#A2DA95

accent

#EC3C5E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB38DB

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

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