#BB46E6#BB46E6

#BB46E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.240 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB46E6
RGB	rgb(187, 70, 230)
HSL	hsl(284, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 69.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, 69.38, -59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 91.64, 319.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% 0.1707 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.24 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9643, 20.6596, 76.8881)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB46E6 #71E646

analogous

#6B46E6 #BB46E6 #E646C1

triadic

#BB46E6 #E6BB46 #46E6BB

tetradic

#BB46E6 #E66B46 #71E646 #46C1E6

square

#BB46E6 #E66B46 #71E646 #46C1E6

split-complementary

#BB46E6 #C1E646 #46E66B

monochromatic

#78159C #A11CD2 #BB46E6 #CF7CED #E3B2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#BB46E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#BB46E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB46E6

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB46E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB46E6	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4281E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb46e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 70, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.240 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d483ef',
    500: '#bb46e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb46e6;
$custom-light: #d483ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb46e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.875,
    "s": 76.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6217,
    "c": 0.23986,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB46E6

secondary

#B5E3A4

accent

#F33568

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB46E6

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

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