#BB47D9#BB47D9

#BB47D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.227 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB47D9
RGB	rgb(187, 71, 217)
HSL	hsl(288, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(288, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 67.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.93, 66.50, -53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.93, 85.37, 321.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% 0.1705 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.227 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2695, 20.0826, 67.6507)
Luminance	0.2008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB47D9 #65D947

analogous

#7247D9 #BB47D9 #D947AE

triadic

#BB47D9 #D9BB47 #47D9BB

tetradic

#BB47D9 #D97247 #65D947 #47AED9

square

#BB47D9 #D97247 #65D947 #47AED9

split-complementary

#BB47D9 #AED947 #47D972

monochromatic

#731C89 #9D27BC #BB47D9 #CE7AE3 #E0ACEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#BB47D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#BB47D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB47D9

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB47D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB47D9	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F80D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB628B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb47d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 71, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.227 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d383e5',
    500: '#bb47d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb47d9;
$custom-light: #d383e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb47d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.671,
    "s": 65.766,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61457,
    "c": 0.22708,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB47D9

secondary

#ACDCA0

accent

#E93F62

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB47D9

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

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