#BB40EC#BB40EC

#BB40EC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.252 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB40EC
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 236)
HSL	hsl(283, 82%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(283, 73%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 72.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, 72.80, -63.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 96.87, 318.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62% 0.1757 -0.1803)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.252 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4647, 20.2890, 81.2833)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB40EC #71EC40

analogous

#6540EC #BB40EC #EC40C7

triadic

#BB40EC #ECBB40 #40ECBB

tetradic

#BB40EC #EC6540 #71EC40 #40C7EC

square

#BB40EC #EC6540 #71EC40 #40C7EC

split-complementary

#BB40EC #C7EC40 #40EC65

monochromatic

#7810A2 #A116D9 #BB40EC #CF78F2 #E3AFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#BB40EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#BB40EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB40EC

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB40EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB40EC	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357FE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb40ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.252 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d480f3',
    500: '#bb40ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb40ec;
$custom-light: #d480f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb40ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.907,
    "s": 81.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61998,
    "c": 0.25178,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB40EC

secondary

#B5E6A2

accent

#F83069

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB40EC

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

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