#BB48BB#BB48BB

#BB48BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.200 H 327.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB48BB
RGB	rgb(187, 72, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(300, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 60.66, -38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 71.93, 327.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.169 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.2 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7801, 18.7895, 48.9569)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB48BB #48BB48

analogous

#8148BB #BB48BB #BB4881

triadic

#BB48BB #BBBB48 #48BBBB

tetradic

#BB48BB #BB8148 #48BB48 #4881BB

square

#BB48BB #BB8148 #48BB48 #4881BB

split-complementary

#BB48BB #81BB48 #48BB81

monochromatic

#642564 #903690 #BB48BB #CC75CC #DCA1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BB48BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BB48BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB48BB

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB48BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB48BB	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A6EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0577B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb48bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 72, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.200 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d283d0',
    500: '#bb48bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb48bb;
$custom-light: #d283d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb48bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59852,
    "c": 0.19984,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB48BB

secondary

#96C996

accent

#D55252

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#140B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB48BB

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

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