#BB40BC#BB40BC

#BB40BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.211 H 327.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB40BC
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(300, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.33, 64.06, -41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.33, 76.06, 327.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% 0.1781 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.211 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4036, 17.8645, 49.3614)
Luminance	0.1786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB40BC #41BC40

analogous

#7D40BC #BB40BC #BC407F

triadic

#BB40BC #BCBB40 #40BCBB

tetradic

#BB40BC #BC7D40 #41BC40 #407FBC

square

#BB40BC #BC7D40 #41BC40 #407FBC

split-complementary

#BB40BC #7FBC40 #40BC7D

monochromatic

#602161 #8E308E #BB40BC #CC6CCD #DC9ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#BB40BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#BB40BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB40BC

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB40BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB40BC	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D6BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb40bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.211 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fd0',
    500: '#bb40bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb40bc;
$custom-light: #d37fd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb40bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.516,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59067,
    "c": 0.21117,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB40BC

secondary

#90C98F

accent

#D94F50

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB40BC

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

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