#BB44B5#BB44B5

#BB44B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.200 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB44B5
RGB	rgb(187, 68, 181)
HSL	hsl(303, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(303, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.54, 61.30, -36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.54, 71.39, 329.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.1% 0.1732 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(59.1% 0.2 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9009, 18.0374, 45.5611)
Luminance	0.1804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB44B5 #44BB4A

analogous

#8544BB #BB44B5 #BB447A

triadic

#BB44B5 #B5BB44 #44B5BB

tetradic

#BB44B5 #BB8544 #44BB4A #447ABB

square

#BB44B5 #BB8544 #44BB4A #447ABB

split-complementary

#BB44B5 #7ABB44 #44BB85

monochromatic

#61235E #8E348A #BB44B5 #CB71C7 #DC9ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BB44B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#BB44B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB44B5

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB44B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB44B5	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A6BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb44b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 68, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.200 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380cb',
    500: '#bb44b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb44b5;
$custom-light: #d380cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb44b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.025,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59102,
    "c": 0.20036,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB44B5

secondary

#93C895

accent

#D65851

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#140B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB44B5

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

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