#BB49B1#BB49B1

#BB49B1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.190 H 331.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB49B1
RGB	rgb(187, 73, 177)
HSL	hsl(305, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(305, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 5.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, 58.54, -33.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 67.38, 330.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% 0.1668 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.19 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8118, 18.5064, 43.5357)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB49B1 #49BB53

analogous

#8C49BB #BB49B1 #BB4978

triadic

#BB49B1 #B1BB49 #49B1BB

tetradic

#BB49B1 #BB8C49 #49BB53 #4978BB

square

#BB49B1 #BB8C49 #49BB53 #4978BB

split-complementary

#BB49B1 #78BB49 #49BB8C

monochromatic

#64255F #913689 #BB49B1 #CC76C4 #DCA2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BB49B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BB49B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB49B1

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB49B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB49B1	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#436DB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb49b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 73, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.190 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d283c8',
    500: '#bb49b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb49b1;
$custom-light: #d283c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb49b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.263,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59449,
    "c": 0.19023,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB49B1

secondary

#97C99B

accent

#D55E53

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#140B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB49B1

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

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