#BB48B6#BB48B6

#BB48B6 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.196 H 329.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB48B6
RGB	rgb(187, 72, 182)
HSL	hsl(303, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(303, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 2.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, 59.81, -36.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 69.88, 328.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% 0.1685 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.196 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2541, 18.5791, 46.1869)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB48B6 #48BB4D

analogous

#8648BB #BB48B6 #BB487C

triadic

#BB48B6 #B6BB48 #48B6BB

tetradic

#BB48B6 #BB8648 #48BB4D #487CBB

square

#BB48B6 #BB8648 #48BB4D #487CBB

split-complementary

#BB48B6 #7CBB48 #48BB86

monochromatic

#642561 #90368C #BB48B6 #CC75C8 #DCA1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BB48B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BB48B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB48B6

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB48B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB48B6	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E6DB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15578

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb48b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 72, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.196 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d282cc',
    500: '#bb48b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb48b6;
$custom-light: #d282cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb48b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.609,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5959,
    "c": 0.1957,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB48B6

secondary

#96C998

accent

#D55852

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#140B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB48B6

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

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