#BB40D6#BB40D6

#BB40D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.233 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB40D6
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 214)
HSL	hsl(289, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(289, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 70.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, 68.65, -53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 87.13, 321.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% 0.1778 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.233 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4630, 19.0883, 65.4744)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB40D6 #5BD640

analogous

#7040D6 #BB40D6 #D640A6

triadic

#BB40D6 #D6BB40 #40D6BB

tetradic

#BB40D6 #D67040 #5BD640 #40A6D6

square

#BB40D6 #D67040 #5BD640 #40A6D6

split-complementary

#BB40D6 #A6D640 #40D670

monochromatic

#6E1B80 #9926B2 #BB40D6 #CD72E1 #DFA5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#BB40D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#BB40D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB40D6

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB40D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB40D6	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D7DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB5C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb40d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.233 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fe3',
    500: '#bb40d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb40d6;
$custom-light: #d37fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb40d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.2,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60584,
    "c": 0.23282,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB40D6

secondary

#A5D999

accent

#E8405E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B15

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB40D6

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

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