#BB47DD#BB47DD

#BB47DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.231 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB47DD
RGB	rgb(187, 71, 221)
HSL	hsl(286, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 67.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, 67.26, -55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 87.16, 320.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% 0.1703 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.231 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7960, 20.2932, 70.4240)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB47DD #69DD47

analogous

#7047DD #BB47DD #DD47B4

triadic

#BB47DD #DDBB47 #47DDBB

tetradic

#BB47DD #DD7047 #69DD47 #47B4DD

square

#BB47DD #DD7047 #69DD47 #47B4DD

split-complementary

#BB47DD #B4DD47 #47DD70

monochromatic

#751A8F #9F24C3 #BB47DD #CE7BE7 #E1AEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#BB47DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#BB47DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB47DD

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB47DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB47DD	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C80D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA648D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb47dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 71, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.231 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d383e8',
    500: '#bb47dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb47dd;
$custom-light: #d383e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb47dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.4,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61703,
    "c": 0.23064,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB47DD

secondary

#AFDEA2

accent

#EC3C64

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB47DD

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

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