#BB40B3#BB40B3

#BB40B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.204 H 330.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB40B3
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 179)
HSL	hsl(304, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(304, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 4.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.87, 62.57, -36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.87, 72.42, 329.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% 0.1776 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.204 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4635, 17.4885, 44.4102)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB40B3 #40BB48

analogous

#8540BB #BB40B3 #BB4076

triadic

#BB40B3 #B3BB40 #40B3BB

tetradic

#BB40B3 #BB8540 #40BB48 #4076BB

square

#BB40B3 #BB8540 #40BB48 #4076BB

split-complementary

#BB40B3 #76BB40 #40BB85

monochromatic

#60215C #8D3087 #BB40B3 #CD6CC6 #DC99D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#BB40B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BB40B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB40B3

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB40B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB40B3	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3669B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637AB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb40b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.204 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37eca',
    500: '#bb40b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb40b3;
$custom-light: #d37eca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb40b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.902,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58583,
    "c": 0.204,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB40B3

secondary

#8FC892

accent

#D9584F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB40B3

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

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