#BB40E3#BB40E3

#BB40E3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.244 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB40E3
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 227)
HSL	hsl(285, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(285, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 71.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, 71.08, -59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 92.86, 319.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% 0.1768 -0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.244 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1899, 19.7791, 74.5696)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB40E3 #68E340

analogous

#6A40E3 #BB40E3 #E340BA

triadic

#BB40E3 #E3BB40 #40E3BB

tetradic

#BB40E3 #E36A40 #68E340 #40BAE3

square

#BB40E3 #E36A40 #68E340 #40BAE3

split-complementary

#BB40E3 #BAE340 #40E36A

monochromatic

#741693 #9E1DC8 #BB40E3 #CE75EB #E1ABF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#BB40E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#BB40E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB40E3

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB40E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB40E3	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#407EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9628E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb40e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.244 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480ed',
    500: '#bb40e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb40e3;
$custom-light: #d480ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb40e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.276,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61406,
    "c": 0.24398,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB40E3

secondary

#AFE19E

accent

#F13764

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB40E3

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

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