#BB39B1#BB39B1

#BB39B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.211 H 331.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB39B1
RGB	rgb(187, 57, 177)
HSL	hsl(305, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(305, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 5.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.84, 64.86, -36.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.84, 74.63, 330.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.8% 0.185 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(57.8% 0.211 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8924, 16.6677, 43.2292)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB39B1 #39BB43

analogous

#8439BB #BB39B1 #BB3970

triadic

#BB39B1 #B1BB39 #39B1BB

tetradic

#BB39B1 #BB8439 #39BB43 #3970BB

square

#BB39B1 #BB8439 #39BB43 #3970BB

split-complementary

#BB39B1 #70BB39 #39BB84

monochromatic

#5D1C58 #8C2B85 #BB39B1 #CF62C7 #DD91D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BB39B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BB39B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB39B1

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB39B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB39B1	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F66B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6078AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb39b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 57, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.211 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bc9',
    500: '#bb39b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb39b1;
$custom-light: #d37bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb39b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.615,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57805,
    "c": 0.21108,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB39B1

secondary

#87C88C

accent

#DD564B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB39B1

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

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