#BB48CE#BB48CE

#BB48CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.216 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB48CE
RGB	rgb(187, 72, 206)
HSL	hsl(291, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(291, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 65%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.45, 64.04, -48.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.45, 80.05, 323.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% 0.1696 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.216 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9503, 19.6575, 60.3866)
Luminance	0.1966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB48CE #5BCE48

analogous

#7848CE #BB48CE #CE489E

triadic

#BB48CE #CEBB48 #48CEBB

tetradic

#BB48CE #CE7848 #5BCE48 #489ECE

square

#BB48CE #CE7848 #5BCE48 #489ECE

split-complementary

#BB48CE #9ECE48 #48CE78

monochromatic

#6E217B #992EAB #BB48CE #CD78DB #DFA9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#BB48CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#BB48CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB48CE

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB48CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB48CE	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2472D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb48ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 72, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.216 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d383dd',
    500: '#bb48ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb48ce;
$custom-light: #d383dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb48ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.493,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60908,
    "c": 0.21613,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB48CE

secondary

#A5D59D

accent

#E1475D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB48CE

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

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