#BB40CA#BB40CA

#BB40CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.223 H 323.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB40CA
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 202)
HSL	hsl(293, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(293, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 68.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 66.48, -47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 81.94, 324.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% 0.1783 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.223 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9866, 18.4978, 57.6986)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB40CA #4FCA40

analogous

#7640CA #BB40CA #CA4094

triadic

#BB40CA #CABB40 #40CABB

tetradic

#BB40CA #CA7640 #4FCA40 #4094CA

square

#BB40CA #CA7640 #4FCA40 #4094CA

split-complementary

#BB40CA #94CA40 #40CA76

monochromatic

#681F70 #942CA0 #BB40CA #CC70D7 #DDA0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BB40CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BB40CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB40CA

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB40CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB40CA	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#176ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb40ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.223 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fdb',
    500: '#bb40ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb40ca;
$custom-light: #d37fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb40ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.478,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59862,
    "c": 0.22269,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB40CA

secondary

#9BD195

accent

#E04858

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB40CA

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

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