#BB44BB#BB44BB

#BB44BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.205 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB44BB
RGB	rgb(187, 68, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, 62.31, -39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 73.83, 327.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% 0.1736 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.205 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5298, 18.2890, 48.8735)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB44BB #44BB44

analogous

#7F44BB #BB44BB #BB4480

triadic

#BB44BB #BBBB44 #44BBBB

tetradic

#BB44BB #BB8044 #44BB44 #447FBB

square

#BB44BB #BB8044 #44BB44 #447FBB

split-complementary

#BB44BB #80BB44 #44BB80

monochromatic

#612361 #8E348E #BB44BB #CB71CB #DC9EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BB44BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BB44BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB44BB

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB44BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB44BB	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#346DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1547A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb44bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 68, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.205 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380d0',
    500: '#bb44bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb44bb;
$custom-light: #d380d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb44bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59421,
    "c": 0.20522,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB44BB

secondary

#93C893

accent

#D65151

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB44BB

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

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