#BB40E0#BB40E0

#BB40E0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.241 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB40E0
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 224)
HSL	hsl(286, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(286, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 71.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, 70.51, -58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 91.53, 320.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% 0.177 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.241 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7795, 19.6149, 72.4079)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB40E0 #65E040

analogous

#6B40E0 #BB40E0 #E040B5

triadic

#BB40E0 #E0BB40 #40E0BB

tetradic

#BB40E0 #E06B40 #65E040 #40B5E0

square

#BB40E0 #E06B40 #65E040 #40B5E0

split-complementary

#BB40E0 #B5E040 #40E06B

monochromatic

#73178E #9D20C3 #BB40E0 #CE75E9 #E0A9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#BB40E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#BB40E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB40E0

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB40E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB40E0	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437EDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9618D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb40e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.241 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480ea',
    500: '#bb40e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb40e0;
$custom-light: #d480ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb40e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.125,
    "s": 72.072,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61213,
    "c": 0.24139,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB40E0

secondary

#ACDF9D

accent

#EF3963

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB40E0

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

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