#BB40D5#BB40D5

#BB40D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.232 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB40D5
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(290, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(290, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.73, 68.47, -53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.73, 86.69, 322.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% 0.1779 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.232 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3357, 19.0374, 64.8039)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB40D5 #5AD540

analogous

#7140D5 #BB40D5 #D540A5

triadic

#BB40D5 #D5BB40 #40D5BB

tetradic

#BB40D5 #D57140 #5AD540 #40A5D5

square

#BB40D5 #D57140 #5AD540 #40A5D5

split-complementary

#BB40D5 #A5D540 #40D571

monochromatic

#6D1C7F #9927B1 #BB40D5 #CD72E0 #DFA4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BB40D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#BB40D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB40D5

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB40D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB40D5	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D7DD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb40d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.232 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fe3',
    500: '#bb40d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb40d5;
$custom-light: #d37fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb40d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.53,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60522,
    "c": 0.23197,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB40D5

secondary

#A4D899

accent

#E7415E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB40D5

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

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