#BB40BB#BB40BB

#BB40BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.210 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB40BB
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(300, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.28, 63.89, -40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.28, 75.65, 327.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% 0.1781 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.21 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2961, 17.8216, 48.7956)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB40BB #40BB40

analogous

#7E40BB #BB40BB #BB407E

triadic

#BB40BB #BBBB40 #40BBBB

tetradic

#BB40BB #BB7E40 #40BB40 #407EBB

square

#BB40BB #BB7E40 #40BB40 #407EBB

split-complementary

#BB40BB #7EBB40 #40BB7E

monochromatic

#602160 #8D308D #BB40BB #CD6CCD #DC99DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#BB40BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BB40BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB40BB

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB40BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB40BB	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E6BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb40bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.210 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ed0',
    500: '#bb40bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb40bb;
$custom-light: #d37ed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb40bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59012,
    "c": 0.21037,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB40BB

secondary

#8FC88F

accent

#D94F4F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB40BB

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

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