#BB40C9#BB40C9

#BB40C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.222 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB40C9
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 201)
HSL	hsl(294, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(294, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 68.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, 66.31, -47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 81.51, 324.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% 0.1783 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.222 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8686, 18.4506, 57.0771)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB40C9 #4EC940

analogous

#7740C9 #BB40C9 #C94092

triadic

#BB40C9 #C9BB40 #40C9BB

tetradic

#BB40C9 #C97740 #4EC940 #4092C9

square

#BB40C9 #C97740 #4EC940 #4092C9

split-complementary

#BB40C9 #92C940 #40C977

monochromatic

#671F6F #932D9F #BB40C9 #CC70D6 #DD9FE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BB40C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BB40C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB40C9

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB40C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB40C9	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#196ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb40c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.222 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fda',
    500: '#bb40c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb40c9;
$custom-light: #d37fda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb40c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.869,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59803,
    "c": 0.22186,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB40C9

secondary

#9BD094

accent

#DF4958

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB40C9

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

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