#BB48B4#BB48B4

#BB48B4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.194 H 330.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB48B4
RGB	rgb(187, 72, 180)
HSL	hsl(304, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(304, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 59.47, -35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 69.07, 329.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% 0.1684 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.194 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0489, 18.4970, 45.1061)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB48B4 #48BB4F

analogous

#8848BB #BB48B4 #BB487A

triadic

#BB48B4 #B4BB48 #48B4BB

tetradic

#BB48B4 #BB8848 #48BB4F #487ABB

square

#BB48B4 #BB8848 #48BB4F #487ABB

split-complementary

#BB48B4 #7ABB48 #48BB88

monochromatic

#642560 #90368B #BB48B4 #CC75C6 #DCA1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BB48B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BB48B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB48B4

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB48B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB48B4	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F6DB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb48b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 72, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.194 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d282cb',
    500: '#bb48b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb48b4;
$custom-light: #d282cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb48b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.652,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59488,
    "c": 0.19407,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB48B4

secondary

#96C999

accent

#D55A52

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#140B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB48B4

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

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