#BB44C9#BB44C9

#BB44C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.217 H 323.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB44C9
RGB	rgb(187, 68, 201)
HSL	hsl(294, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(294, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 66.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, 64.75, -46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 79.73, 324.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% 0.174 -0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.217 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1023, 18.9180, 57.1550)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB44C9 #52C944

analogous

#7844C9 #BB44C9 #C94495

triadic

#BB44C9 #C9BB44 #44C9BB

tetradic

#BB44C9 #C97844 #52C944 #4495C9

square

#BB44C9 #C97844 #52C944 #4495C9

split-complementary

#BB44C9 #95C944 #44C978

monochromatic

#692172 #952FA1 #BB44C9 #CC73D7 #DEA3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BB44C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BB44C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB44C9

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB44C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB44C9	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#236FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597DC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb44c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 68, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.217 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d381da',
    500: '#bb44c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb44c9;
$custom-light: #d381da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb44c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.684,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60201,
    "c": 0.21693,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB44C9

secondary

#9ED198

accent

#DF4959

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB44C9

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

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