#BB40D4#BB40D4

#BB40D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.231 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB40D4
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(290, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(290, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 68.28, -52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 86.26, 322.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% 0.1779 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.231 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2091, 18.9868, 64.1375)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB40D4 #59D440

analogous

#7140D4 #BB40D4 #D440A3

triadic

#BB40D4 #D4BB40 #40D4BB

tetradic

#BB40D4 #D47140 #59D440 #40A3D4

square

#BB40D4 #D47140 #59D440 #40A3D4

split-complementary

#BB40D4 #A3D440 #40D471

monochromatic

#6D1C7D #9827AF #BB40D4 #CD72DF #DFA4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BB40D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#BB40D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB40D4

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB40D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB40D4	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E7DD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb40d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.231 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fe2',
    500: '#bb40d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb40d4;
$custom-light: #d37fe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb40d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.865,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60461,
    "c": 0.23112,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB40D4

secondary

#A3D798

accent

#E6425D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB40D4

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

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