#BB47E5#BB47E5

#BB47E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.238 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB47E5
RGB	rgb(187, 71, 229)
HSL	hsl(284, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 69%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, 68.80, -59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 90.75, 319.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% 0.1698 -0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.238 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8874, 20.7298, 76.1717)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB47E5 #71E547

analogous

#6C47E5 #BB47E5 #E547C0

triadic

#BB47E5 #E5BB47 #47E5BB

tetradic

#BB47E5 #E56C47 #71E547 #47C0E5

square

#BB47E5 #E56C47 #71E547 #47C0E5

split-complementary

#BB47E5 #C0E547 #47E56C

monochromatic

#78169C #A11ED1 #BB47E5 #CF7DED #E3B2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#BB47E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#BB47E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB47E5

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB47E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB47E5	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4481E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb47e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 71, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.238 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d483ee',
    500: '#bb47e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb47e5;
$custom-light: #d483ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb47e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.051,
    "s": 75.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62205,
    "c": 0.23779,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB47E5

secondary

#B5E3A5

accent

#F23668

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB47E5

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

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