#BB44DB#BB44DB

#BB44DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.232 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB44DB
RGB	rgb(187, 68, 219)
HSL	hsl(287, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(287, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 68.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.63, 68.06, -55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.63, 87.61, 320.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% 0.1735 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.232 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3451, 19.8151, 68.9670)
Luminance	0.1981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB44DB #64DB44

analogous

#7044DB #BB44DB #DB44B0

triadic

#BB44DB #DBBB44 #44DBBB

tetradic

#BB44DB #DB7044 #64DB44 #44B0DB

square

#BB44DB #DB7044 #64DB44 #44B0DB

split-complementary

#BB44DB #B0DB44 #44DB70

monochromatic

#721B8A #9D24BD #BB44DB #CE77E5 #E0ABEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#BB44DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#BB44DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB44DB

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB44DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB44DB	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B7FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA618B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb44db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 68, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.232 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d382e7',
    500: '#bb44db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb44db;
$custom-light: #d382e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb44db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.285,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61278,
    "c": 0.23247,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB44DB

secondary

#ABDC9E

accent

#EB3D62

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB44DB

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

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