#BB40DA#BB40DA

#BB40DA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.236 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB40DA
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 218)
HSL	hsl(288, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(288, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 70.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, 69.39, -55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 88.88, 321.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% 0.1775 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.236 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9801, 19.2952, 68.1979)
Luminance	0.1929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB40DA #5FDA40

analogous

#6E40DA #BB40DA #DA40AC

triadic

#BB40DA #DABB40 #40DABB

tetradic

#BB40DA #DA6E40 #5FDA40 #40ACDA

square

#BB40DA #DA6E40 #5FDA40 #40ACDA

split-complementary

#BB40DA #ACDA40 #40DA6E

monochromatic

#701A86 #9B24B9 #BB40DA #CD73E4 #E0A7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#BB40DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#BB40DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB40DA

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB40DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB40DA	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#497ED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB5E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb40da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.236 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480e6',
    500: '#bb40da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb40da;
$custom-light: #d480e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb40da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.922,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60832,
    "c": 0.23623,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB40DA

secondary

#A8DB9B

accent

#EA3D60

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB40DA

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

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