#BB38E6#BB38E6

#BB38E6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.255 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB38E6
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 230)
HSL	hsl(285, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(285, 76%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 75.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.81, 74.41, -62.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.81, 97.30, 319.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% 0.1834 -0.1768)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.255 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1884, 19.1078, 76.6295)
Luminance	0.1911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB38E6 #63E638

analogous

#6438E6 #BB38E6 #E638BA

triadic

#BB38E6 #E6BB38 #38E6BB

tetradic

#BB38E6 #E66438 #63E638 #38BAE6

square

#BB38E6 #E66438 #63E638 #38BAE6

split-complementary

#BB38E6 #BAE638 #38E664

monochromatic

#721291 #9D19C8 #BB38E6 #CE6EED #E0A5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#BB38E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#BB38E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB38E6

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB38E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB38E6	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb38e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.255 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47cef',
    500: '#bb38e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb38e6;
$custom-light: #d47cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb38e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.172,
    "s": 77.679,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60919,
    "c": 0.25474,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB38E6

secondary

#ABE199

accent

#F43463

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB38E6

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

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