#BB49D5#BB49D5

#BB49D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.221 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB49D5
RGB	rgb(187, 73, 213)
HSL	hsl(289, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(289, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 65.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, 64.93, -51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 82.67, 321.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% 0.1685 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.221 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8848, 20.1356, 64.9869)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB49D5 #63D549

analogous

#7549D5 #BB49D5 #D549A9

triadic

#BB49D5 #D5BB49 #49D5BB

tetradic

#BB49D5 #D57549 #63D549 #49A9D5

square

#BB49D5 #D57549 #63D549 #49A9D5

split-complementary

#BB49D5 #A9D549 #49D575

monochromatic

#721F85 #9D2AB7 #BB49D5 #CE7BE0 #E0ACEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#BB49D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#BB49D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB49D5

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB49D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB49D5	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	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)

#1974D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5480D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb49d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 73, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.221 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d384e2',
    500: '#bb49d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb49d5;
$custom-light: #d384e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb49d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.857,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61426,
    "c": 0.22102,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB49D5

secondary

#ABDAA0

accent

#E64261

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB49D5

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

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