#BB44E5#BB44E5

#BB44E5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.241 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB44E5
RGB	rgb(187, 68, 229)
HSL	hsl(284, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(284, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 70.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, 69.96, -59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 92.07, 319.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% 0.1727 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.241 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7013, 20.3576, 76.1097)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB44E5 #6EE544

analogous

#6A44E5 #BB44E5 #E544BE

triadic

#BB44E5 #E5BB44 #44E5BB

tetradic

#BB44E5 #E56A44 #6EE544 #44BEE5

square

#BB44E5 #E56A44 #6EE544 #44BEE5

split-complementary

#BB44E5 #BEE544 #44E56A

monochromatic

#771599 #A11DCF #BB44E5 #CF7AEC #E2AFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#BB44E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#BB44E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB44E5

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB44E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB44E5	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4180E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb44e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 68, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.241 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d482ee',
    500: '#bb44e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb44e5;
$custom-light: #d482ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb44e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.348,
    "s": 75.587,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6191,
    "c": 0.24127,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB44E5

secondary

#B3E2A2

accent

#F23667

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB44E5

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

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