#BB40DC#BB40DC

#BB40DC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.238 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB40DC
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 220)
HSL	hsl(287, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(287, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 70.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.15, 69.76, -56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.15, 89.77, 321.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.1774 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.238 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2434, 19.4005, 69.5845)
Luminance	0.1940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB40DC #61DC40

analogous

#6D40DC #BB40DC #DC40AF

triadic

#BB40DC #DCBB40 #40DCBB

tetradic

#BB40DC #DC6D40 #61DC40 #40AFDC

square

#BB40DC #DC6D40 #61DC40 #40AFDC

split-complementary

#BB40DC #AFDC40 #40DC6D

monochromatic

#711989 #9C23BC #BB40DC #CD74E5 #E0A7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#BB40DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#BB40DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB40DC

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB40DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB40DC	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#477ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA5F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb40dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.238 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480e8',
    500: '#bb40dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb40dc;
$custom-light: #d480e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb40dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.308,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60958,
    "c": 0.23795,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB40DC

secondary

#A9DC9B

accent

#EC3C61

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB40DC

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

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