#BB40B9#BB40B9

#BB40B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.209 H 328.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB40B9
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 185)
HSL	hsl(301, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(301, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.17, 63.56, -39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.17, 74.83, 328.14°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% 0.178 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.209 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0835, 17.7365, 47.6759)
Luminance	0.1773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB40B9 #40BB42

analogous

#8040BB #BB40B9 #BB407B

triadic

#BB40B9 #B9BB40 #40B9BB

tetradic

#BB40B9 #BB8040 #40BB42 #407BBB

square

#BB40B9 #BB8040 #40BB42 #407BBB

split-complementary

#BB40B9 #7BBB40 #40BB80

monochromatic

#60215F #8D308C #BB40B9 #CD6CCB #DC99DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#BB40B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#BB40B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB40B9

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB40B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB40B9	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#316ABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607BB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb40b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.209 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ece',
    500: '#bb40b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb40b9;
$custom-light: #d37ece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb40b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.976,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58903,
    "c": 0.20876,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB40B9

secondary

#8FC890

accent

#D9514F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB40B9

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

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