#BB40BA#BB40BA

#BB40BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.210 H 328.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB40BA
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 186)
HSL	hsl(300, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(300, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.23, 63.72, -40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.23, 75.24, 327.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.178 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.21 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1895, 17.7789, 48.2338)
Luminance	0.1778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB40BA #40BB41

analogous

#7F40BB #BB40BA #BB407D

triadic

#BB40BA #BABB40 #40BABB

tetradic

#BB40BA #BB7F40 #40BB41 #407DBB

square

#BB40BA #BB7F40 #40BB41 #407DBB

split-complementary

#BB40BA #7DBB40 #40BB7F

monochromatic

#60215F #8D308D #BB40BA #CD6CCC #DC99DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#BB40BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BB40BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB40BA

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB40BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB40BA	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#306BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7BB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb40ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.210 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ecf',
    500: '#bb40ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb40ba;
$custom-light: #d37ecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb40ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.488,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58957,
    "c": 0.20956,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB40BA

secondary

#8FC88F

accent

#D9504F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB40BA

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

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