#BB44DE#BB44DE

#BB44DE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.235 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB44DE
RGB	rgb(187, 68, 222)
HSL	hsl(286, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 69.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.81, 68.63, -56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.81, 88.94, 320.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% 0.1733 -0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.235 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7436, 19.9745, 71.0657)
Luminance	0.1997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB44DE #67DE44

analogous

#6E44DE #BB44DE #DE44B4

triadic

#BB44DE #DEBB44 #44DEBB

tetradic

#BB44DE #DE6E44 #67DE44 #44B4DE

square

#BB44DE #DE6E44 #67DE44 #44B4DE

split-complementary

#BB44DE #B4DE44 #44DE6E

monochromatic

#74198E #9E22C2 #BB44DE #CE78E7 #E1ACF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#BB44DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#BB44DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB44DE

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB44DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB44DE	1.00	4.20	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#497FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA628D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb44de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 68, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.235 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d382e9',
    500: '#bb44de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb44de;
$custom-light: #d382e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb44de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.364,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61465,
    "c": 0.2351,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB44DE

secondary

#AEDE9F

accent

#ED3B63

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB44DE

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

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