#BB40CC#BB40CC

#BB40CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.224 H 322.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB40CC
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 204)
HSL	hsl(293, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(293, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 68.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.21, 66.84, -48.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.21, 82.79, 323.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% 0.1782 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.224 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2249, 18.5931, 58.9538)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB40CC #51CC40

analogous

#7540CC #BB40CC #CC4097

triadic

#BB40CC #CCBB40 #40CCBB

tetradic

#BB40CC #CC7540 #51CC40 #4097CC

square

#BB40CC #CC7540 #51CC40 #4097CC

split-complementary

#BB40CC #97CC40 #40CC75

monochromatic

#691F73 #952CA3 #BB40CC #CC70D9 #DDA1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BB40CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BB40CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB40CC

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB40CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB40CC	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#126ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#547CC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb40cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.224 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fdc',
    500: '#bb40cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb40cc;
$custom-light: #d37fdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb40cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5998,
    "c": 0.22436,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB40CC

secondary

#9DD295

accent

#E14759

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB40CC

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

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