#BB40A5#BB40A5

#BB40A5 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.193 H 335.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB40A5
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 165)
HSL	hsl(311, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(311, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 11.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 60.35, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 67.08, 334.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% 0.1762 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.193 335.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1188, 16.9506, 37.3282)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB40A5 #40BB56

analogous

#9440BB #BB40A5 #BB4068

triadic

#BB40A5 #A5BB40 #40A5BB

tetradic

#BB40A5 #BB9440 #40BB56 #4068BB

square

#BB40A5 #BB9440 #40BB56 #4068BB

split-complementary

#BB40A5 #68BB40 #40BB94

monochromatic

#602155 #8D307D #BB40A5 #CD6CBB #DC99D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BB40A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BB40A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB40A5

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB40A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB40A5	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4167A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6979A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4486D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb40a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.193 335.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ec0',
    500: '#bb40a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb40a5;
$custom-light: #d37ec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb40a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310.732,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57877,
    "c": 0.19338,
    "h": 335.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB40A5

secondary

#8FC899

accent

#D9684F

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAEFF7

border

#D3CAD0

text

#150B12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB40A5

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

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