#BB47BB#BB47BB

#BB47BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.201 H 327.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB47BB
RGB	rgb(187, 71, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(300, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, 61.08, -38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 72.42, 327.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% 0.1701 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.201 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7159, 18.6612, 48.9355)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB47BB #47BB47

analogous

#8147BB #BB47BB #BB4781

triadic

#BB47BB #BBBB47 #47BBBB

tetradic

#BB47BB #BB8147 #47BB47 #4781BB

square

#BB47BB #BB8147 #47BB47 #4781BB

split-complementary

#BB47BB #81BB47 #47BB81

monochromatic

#632563 #903590 #BB47BB #CC74CC #DCA0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BB47BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BB47BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB47BB

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB47BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB47BB	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#386EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1567B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb47bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 71, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.201 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d382d0',
    500: '#bb47bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb47bb;
$custom-light: #d382d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb47bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59742,
    "c": 0.20121,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB47BB

secondary

#95C995

accent

#D65252

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#140B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB47BB

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

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