#BB40BF#BB40BF

#BB40BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.214 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB40BF
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 191)
HSL	hsl(298, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(298, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 66.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 64.57, -42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 77.30, 326.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% 0.1782 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.214 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7303, 17.9953, 51.0823)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB40BF #44BF40

analogous

#7B40BF #BB40BF #BF4084

triadic

#BB40BF #BFBB40 #40BFBB

tetradic

#BB40BF #BF7B40 #44BF40 #4084BF

square

#BB40BF #BF7B40 #44BF40 #4084BF

split-complementary

#BB40BF #84BF40 #40BF7B

monochromatic

#612163 #8E3191 #BB40BF #CB6ECE #DC9CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#BB40BF on #FFFFFF

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On black

4.60

#BB40BF on #000000

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Best text color

#000000 on #BB40BF

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB40BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB40BF	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A6CC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0537A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb40bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.214 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fd3',
    500: '#bb40bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb40bf;
$custom-light: #d37fd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb40bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.11,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59233,
    "c": 0.21361,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB40BF

secondary

#93CA91

accent

#D94E53

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB40BF

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

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