#BB40B5#BB40B5

#BB40B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.206 H 329.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB40B5
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 181)
HSL	hsl(303, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(303, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 62.89, -37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 73.22, 329.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% 0.1778 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.206 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6672, 17.5700, 45.4832)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB40B5 #40BB46

analogous

#8440BB #BB40B5 #BB4078

triadic

#BB40B5 #B5BB40 #40B5BB

tetradic

#BB40B5 #BB8440 #40BB46 #4078BB

square

#BB40B5 #BB8440 #40BB46 #4078BB

split-complementary

#BB40B5 #78BB40 #40BB84

monochromatic

#60215D #8D3089 #BB40B5 #CD6CC8 #DC99D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#BB40B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BB40B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB40B5

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB40B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB40B5	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#356AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627AB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb40b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.206 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ecb',
    500: '#bb40b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb40b5;
$custom-light: #d37ecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb40b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.927,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58689,
    "c": 0.20558,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB40B5

secondary

#8FC892

accent

#D9564F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB40B5

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

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