#BB40C8#BB40C8

#BB40C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.221 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB40C8
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(294, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(294, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 66.13, -46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 81.08, 324.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% 0.1783 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.221 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7513, 18.4037, 56.4596)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB40C8 #4DC840

analogous

#7740C8 #BB40C8 #C84091

triadic

#BB40C8 #C8BB40 #40C8BB

tetradic

#BB40C8 #C87740 #4DC840 #4091C8

square

#BB40C8 #C87740 #4DC840 #4091C8

split-complementary

#BB40C8 #91C840 #40C877

monochromatic

#66206E #932D9D #BB40C8 #CC70D6 #DD9FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#BB40C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BB40C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB40C8

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB40C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB40C8	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C6ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE567F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb40c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.221 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fd9',
    500: '#bb40c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb40c8;
$custom-light: #d37fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb40c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.265,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59745,
    "c": 0.22103,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB40C8

secondary

#9AD094

accent

#DF4957

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB40C8

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

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