#BB44C8#BB44C8

#BB44C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.216 H 323.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB44C8
RGB	rgb(187, 68, 200)
HSL	hsl(294, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(294, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 66%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.54, 64.58, -46.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.54, 79.30, 324.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% 0.174 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.216 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9850, 18.8711, 56.5375)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB44C8 #51C844

analogous

#7944C8 #BB44C8 #C84493

triadic

#BB44C8 #C8BB44 #44C8BB

tetradic

#BB44C8 #C87944 #51C844 #4493C8

square

#BB44C8 #C87944 #51C844 #4493C8

split-complementary

#BB44C8 #93C844 #44C879

monochromatic

#692171 #952FA0 #BB44C8 #CC73D6 #DDA3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BB44C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BB44C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB44C8

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB44C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB44C8	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#256FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb44c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 68, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.216 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d381d9',
    500: '#bb44c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb44c8;
$custom-light: #d381d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb44c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.091,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60144,
    "c": 0.21608,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB44C8

secondary

#9DD197

accent

#DE4A58

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB44C8

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

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