#BB40C3#BB40C3

#BB40C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.217 H 325.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB40C3
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 195)
HSL	hsl(296, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(296, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 67.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.71, 65.26, -44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.71, 78.97, 325.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.1783 -0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.217 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1765, 18.1737, 53.4323)
Luminance	0.1817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB40C3 #48C340

analogous

#7940C3 #BB40C3 #C34089

triadic

#BB40C3 #C3BB40 #40C3BB

tetradic

#BB40C3 #C37940 #48C340 #4089C3

square

#BB40C3 #C37940 #48C340 #4089C3

split-complementary

#BB40C3 #89C340 #40C379

monochromatic

#642168 #902F97 #BB40C3 #CC6FD2 #DC9DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#BB40C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BB40C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB40C3

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB40C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB40C3	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#246CC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7BC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF547D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb40c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.217 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fd6',
    500: '#bb40c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb40c3;
$custom-light: #d37fd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb40c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.336,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59458,
    "c": 0.21688,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB40C3

secondary

#96CC92

accent

#DC4C55

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB40C3

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

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