#BB48B8#BB48B8

#BB48B8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.197 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB48B8
RGB	rgb(187, 72, 184)
HSL	hsl(302, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(302, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, 60.14, -37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 70.70, 328.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% 0.1687 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.197 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4623, 18.6623, 47.2832)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB48B8 #48BB4B

analogous

#8448BB #BB48B8 #BB487E

triadic

#BB48B8 #B8BB48 #48B8BB

tetradic

#BB48B8 #BB8448 #48BB4B #487EBB

square

#BB48B8 #BB8448 #48BB4B #487EBB

split-complementary

#BB48B8 #7EBB48 #48BB84

monochromatic

#642562 #90368E #BB48B8 #CC75C9 #DCA1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BB48B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BB48B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB48B8

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB48B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB48B8	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C6EBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb48b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 72, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.197 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d282ce',
    500: '#bb48b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb48b8;
$custom-light: #d282ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb48b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.565,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59694,
    "c": 0.19735,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB48B8

secondary

#96C997

accent

#D55652

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#140B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB48B8

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

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