#BB48B5#BB48B5

#BB48B5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.195 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB48B5
RGB	rgb(187, 72, 181)
HSL	hsl(303, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(303, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.14, 59.64, -35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.14, 69.48, 329.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% 0.1685 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.195 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1511, 18.5379, 45.6445)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB48B5 #48BB4E

analogous

#8748BB #BB48B5 #BB487B

triadic

#BB48B5 #B5BB48 #48B5BB

tetradic

#BB48B5 #BB8748 #48BB4E #487BBB

square

#BB48B5 #BB8748 #48BB4E #487BBB

split-complementary

#BB48B5 #7BBB48 #48BB87

monochromatic

#642560 #90368B #BB48B5 #CC75C7 #DCA1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BB48B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BB48B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB48B5

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB48B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB48B5	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F6DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15478

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb48b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 72, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.195 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d282cb',
    500: '#bb48b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb48b5;
$custom-light: #d282cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb48b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.13,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59539,
    "c": 0.19489,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB48B5

secondary

#96C999

accent

#D55952

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#140B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB48B5

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

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