#BB39B5#BB39B5

#BB39B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.214 H 329.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB39B5
RGB	rgb(187, 57, 181)
HSL	hsl(303, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(303, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 65.50, -38.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 76.20, 329.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% 0.1852 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.214 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2970, 16.8295, 45.3598)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB39B5 #39BB3F

analogous

#8039BB #BB39B5 #BB3974

triadic

#BB39B5 #B5BB39 #39B5BB

tetradic

#BB39B5 #BB8039 #39BB3F #3974BB

square

#BB39B5 #BB8039 #39BB3F #3974BB

split-complementary

#BB39B5 #74BB39 #39BB80

monochromatic

#5D1C5A #8C2B88 #BB39B5 #CF62CA #DD91DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BB39B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BB39B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB39B5

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB39B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB39B5	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B67B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E78B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb39b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 57, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.214 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bcb',
    500: '#bb39b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb39b5;
$custom-light: #d37bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb39b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.769,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5802,
    "c": 0.21413,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB39B5

secondary

#87C88A

accent

#DD524B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB39B5

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

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