#BB44E6#BB44E6

#BB44E6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.242 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB44E6
RGB	rgb(187, 68, 230)
HSL	hsl(284, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(284, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 70.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 70.16, -60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 92.51, 319.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% 0.1726 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.242 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8413, 20.4136, 76.8471)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB44E6 #6FE644

analogous

#6A44E6 #BB44E6 #E644C0

triadic

#BB44E6 #E6BB44 #44E6BB

tetradic

#BB44E6 #E66A44 #6FE644 #44C0E6

square

#BB44E6 #E66A44 #6FE644 #44C0E6

split-complementary

#BB44E6 #C0E644 #44E66A

monochromatic

#77159B #A11CD1 #BB44E6 #CF7AED #E2B0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#BB44E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#BB44E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB44E6

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB44E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB44E6	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4080E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb44e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 68, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.242 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d482ef',
    500: '#bb44e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb44e6;
$custom-light: #d482ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb44e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.074,
    "s": 76.415,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61975,
    "c": 0.24215,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB44E6

secondary

#B4E3A3

accent

#F33567

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB44E6

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

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