#BB47B5#BB47B5

#BB47B5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.196 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB47B5
RGB	rgb(187, 71, 181)
HSL	hsl(303, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(303, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.99, 60.06, -35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.99, 69.96, 329.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% 0.1697 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.196 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0870, 18.4096, 45.6232)
Luminance	0.1841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB47B5 #47BB4D

analogous

#8747BB #BB47B5 #BB477B

triadic

#BB47B5 #B5BB47 #47B5BB

tetradic

#BB47B5 #BB8747 #47BB4D #477BBB

square

#BB47B5 #BB8747 #47BB4D #477BBB

split-complementary

#BB47B5 #7BBB47 #47BB87

monochromatic

#632560 #90358B #BB47B5 #CC74C7 #DCA0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#BB47B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BB47B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB47B5

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB47B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB47B5	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D6DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25478

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb47b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 71, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.196 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d282cb',
    500: '#bb47b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb47b5;
$custom-light: #d282cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb47b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.103,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59428,
    "c": 0.19628,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB47B5

secondary

#95C998

accent

#D65952

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#140B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB47B5

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

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