#BB48D8#BB48D8

#BB48D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.225 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB48D8
RGB	rgb(187, 72, 216)
HSL	hsl(288, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(288, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 66.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, 65.90, -52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 84.47, 321.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% 0.1695 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.225 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2039, 20.1590, 66.9892)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB48D8 #65D848

analogous

#7348D8 #BB48D8 #D848AD

triadic

#BB48D8 #D8BB48 #48D8BB

tetradic

#BB48D8 #D87348 #65D848 #48ADD8

square

#BB48D8 #D87348 #65D848 #48ADD8

split-complementary

#BB48D8 #ADD848 #48D873

monochromatic

#731D89 #9D28BB #BB48D8 #CE7AE3 #E0ADEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#BB48D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#BB48D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB48D8

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB48D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB48D8	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B74DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5180D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB628A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb48d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 72, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.225 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d383e5',
    500: '#bb48d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb48d8;
$custom-light: #d383e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb48d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.917,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.615,
    "c": 0.22496,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB48D8

secondary

#ACDBA0

accent

#E84062

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB48D8

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

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