#BB48DB#BB48DB

#BB48DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.228 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB48DB
RGB	rgb(187, 72, 219)
HSL	hsl(287, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 67.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.19, 66.47, -54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.19, 85.80, 320.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% 0.1694 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.228 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5953, 20.3155, 69.0504)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB48DB #68DB48

analogous

#7248DB #BB48DB #DB48B1

triadic

#BB48DB #DBBB48 #48DBBB

tetradic

#BB48DB #DB7248 #68DB48 #48B1DB

square

#BB48DB #DB7248 #68DB48 #48B1DB

split-complementary

#BB48DB #B1DB48 #48DB72

monochromatic

#741C8D #9E26C0 #BB48DB #CE7BE5 #E1AEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#BB48DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#BB48DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB48DB

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB48DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB48DB	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E80D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA638C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb48db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 72, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.228 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d384e7',
    500: '#bb48db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb48db;
$custom-light: #d384e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb48db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.939,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61683,
    "c": 0.22763,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB48DB

secondary

#AFDDA2

accent

#EA3E63

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB48DB

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

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