#BB40B7#BB40B7

#BB40B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.207 H 329.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB40B7
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 183)
HSL	hsl(302, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(302, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 2.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.07, 63.22, -38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.07, 74.02, 328.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% 0.1779 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.207 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8739, 17.6527, 46.5717)
Luminance	0.1765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB40B7 #40BB44

analogous

#8240BB #BB40B7 #BB407A

triadic

#BB40B7 #B7BB40 #40B7BB

tetradic

#BB40B7 #BB8240 #40BB44 #407ABB

square

#BB40B7 #BB8240 #40BB44 #407ABB

split-complementary

#BB40B7 #7ABB40 #40BB82

monochromatic

#60215E #8D308A #BB40B7 #CD6CC9 #DC99DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#BB40B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#BB40B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB40B7

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB40B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB40B7	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#336ABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb40b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.207 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ecd',
    500: '#bb40b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb40b7;
$custom-light: #d37ecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb40b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.951,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58795,
    "c": 0.20717,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB40B7

secondary

#8FC891

accent

#D9544F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB40B7

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

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