#BB40E7#BB40E7

#BB40E7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.247 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB40E7
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 231)
HSL	hsl(284, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(284, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 72.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.84, 71.84, -61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.84, 94.64, 319.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% 0.1763 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.247 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7484, 20.0025, 77.5109)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB40E7 #6CE740

analogous

#6840E7 #BB40E7 #E740BF

triadic

#BB40E7 #E7BB40 #40E7BB

tetradic

#BB40E7 #E76840 #6CE740 #40BFE7

square

#BB40E7 #E76840 #6CE740 #40BFE7

split-complementary

#BB40E7 #BFE740 #40E768

monochromatic

#761399 #A01AD0 #BB40E7 #CE76EE #E2ADF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#BB40E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#BB40E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB40E7

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB40E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB40E7	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb40e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.247 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480ef',
    500: '#bb40e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb40e7;
$custom-light: #d480ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb40e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.192,
    "s": 77.674,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61666,
    "c": 0.24745,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB40E7

secondary

#B2E3A0

accent

#F43466

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB40E7

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

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