#BB40D9#BB40D9

#BB40D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.235 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB40D9
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(288, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(288, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, 69.20, -55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 88.45, 321.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.77% 0.1776 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(60.77% 0.235 319)
XYZ	xyz(34.8496, 19.2430, 67.5108)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB40D9 #5ED940

analogous

#6E40D9 #BB40D9 #D940AB

triadic

#BB40D9 #D9BB40 #40D9BB

tetradic

#BB40D9 #D96E40 #5ED940 #40ABD9

square

#BB40D9 #D96E40 #5ED940 #40ABD9

split-complementary

#BB40D9 #ABD940 #40D96E

monochromatic

#701A84 #9B24B7 #BB40D9 #CD73E3 #DFA6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#BB40D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#BB40D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB40D9

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB40D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB40D9	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A7DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB5E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb40d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.235 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380e5',
    500: '#bb40d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb40d9;
$custom-light: #d380e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb40d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.235,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6077,
    "c": 0.23539,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.19241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB40D9

secondary

#A7DA9A

accent

#EA3E60

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB40D9

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

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