#BB48D5#BB48D5

#BB48D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.222 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB48D5
RGB	rgb(187, 72, 213)
HSL	hsl(289, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(289, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 66.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.84, 65.34, -51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.84, 83.13, 321.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% 0.1696 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.222 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8196, 20.0053, 64.9652)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB48D5 #62D548

analogous

#7448D5 #BB48D5 #D548A8

triadic

#BB48D5 #D5BB48 #48D5BB

tetradic

#BB48D5 #D57448 #62D548 #48A8D5

square

#BB48D5 #D57448 #62D548 #48A8D5

split-complementary

#BB48D5 #A8D548 #48D574

monochromatic

#711E84 #9C2AB6 #BB48D5 #CD7AE0 #E0ACEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#BB48D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#BB48D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB48D5

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB48D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB48D5	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1574D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5380D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb48d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 72, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.222 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d383e2',
    500: '#bb48d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb48d5;
$custom-light: #d383e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb48d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.936,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6132,
    "c": 0.22229,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB48D5

secondary

#AADA9F

accent

#E64260

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB48D5

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

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