#BB48D6#BB48D6

#BB48D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.223 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB48D6
RGB	rgb(187, 72, 214)
HSL	hsl(289, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(289, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 66.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.90, 65.53, -51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.90, 83.58, 321.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.38% 0.1695 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(61.38% 0.223 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9469, 20.0562, 65.6357)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB48D6 #63D648

analogous

#7448D6 #BB48D6 #D648AA

triadic

#BB48D6 #D6BB48 #48D6BB

tetradic

#BB48D6 #D67448 #63D648 #48AAD6

square

#BB48D6 #D67448 #63D648 #48AAD6

split-complementary

#BB48D6 #AAD648 #48D674

monochromatic

#721E86 #9D29B8 #BB48D6 #CE7AE1 #E0ACEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#BB48D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#BB48D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB48D6

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB48D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB48D6	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1274DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5280D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb48d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 72, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.223 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d383e3',
    500: '#bb48d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb48d6;
$custom-light: #d383e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb48d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.592,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6138,
    "c": 0.22319,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB48D6

secondary

#ABDAA0

accent

#E64161

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150B15

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB48D6

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

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