#BB38E3#BB38E3

#BB38E3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.252 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB38E3
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 227)
HSL	hsl(286, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(286, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 75.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 73.85, -61.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 95.99, 320.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% 0.1838 -0.1727)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.252 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7707, 18.9407, 74.4298)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB38E3 #60E338

analogous

#6538E3 #BB38E3 #E338B5

triadic

#BB38E3 #E3BB38 #38E3BB

tetradic

#BB38E3 #E36538 #60E338 #38B5E3

square

#BB38E3 #E36538 #60E338 #38B5E3

split-complementary

#BB38E3 #B5E338 #38E365

monochromatic

#70148D #9B1BC2 #BB38E3 #CD6EEB #E0A3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BB38E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BB38E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB38E3

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB38E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB38E3	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#397CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb38e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.252 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ced',
    500: '#bb38e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb38e3;
$custom-light: #d47ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb38e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.965,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60719,
    "c": 0.25224,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB38E3

secondary

#A8DF98

accent

#F23662

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB38E3

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

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