#BB39BB#BB39BB

#BB39BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.219 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB39BB
RGB	rgb(187, 57, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.36, 66.48, -41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.36, 78.61, 327.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.1854 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.219 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9259, 17.0811, 48.6722)
Luminance	0.1708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB39BB #39BB39

analogous

#7A39BB #BB39BB #BB397A

triadic

#BB39BB #BBBB39 #39BBBB

tetradic

#BB39BB #BB7A39 #39BB39 #397ABB

square

#BB39BB #BB7A39 #39BB39 #397ABB

split-complementary

#BB39BB #7ABB39 #39BB7A

monochromatic

#5D1C5D #8C2B8C #BB39BB #CF62CF #DD91DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BB39BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BB39BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB39BB

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB39BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB39BB	1.00	4.76	4.42	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2368BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B79B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb39bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 57, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.219 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bd0',
    500: '#bb39bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb39bb;
$custom-light: #d37bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb39bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58352,
    "c": 0.21877,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB39BB

secondary

#87C887

accent

#DD4B4B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB39BB

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

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