#BB44E3#BB44E3

#BB44E3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.239 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB44E3
RGB	rgb(187, 68, 227)
HSL	hsl(285, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(285, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 70%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.11, 69.58, -58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.11, 91.17, 319.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% 0.1729 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.24 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4236, 20.2465, 74.6475)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB44E3 #6CE344

analogous

#6C44E3 #BB44E3 #E344BB

triadic

#BB44E3 #E3BB44 #44E3BB

tetradic

#BB44E3 #E36C44 #6CE344 #44BBE3

square

#BB44E3 #E36C44 #6CE344 #44BBE3

split-complementary

#BB44E3 #BBE344 #44E36C

monochromatic

#761696 #A01ECB #BB44E3 #CE79EB #E2AEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#BB44E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#BB44E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB44E3

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB44E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB44E3	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4480DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8648F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb44e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 68, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.239 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d482ed',
    500: '#bb44e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb44e3;
$custom-light: #d482ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb44e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.906,
    "s": 73.953,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61782,
    "c": 0.2395,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB44E3

secondary

#B2E1A2

accent

#F13766

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB44E3

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

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