#BB49E6#BB49E6

#BB49E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.236 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB49E6
RGB	rgb(187, 73, 230)
HSL	hsl(284, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 68.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.00, 68.19, -59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.00, 90.30, 319.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% 0.1676 -0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.236 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1567, 21.0444, 76.9523)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB49E6 #74E649

analogous

#6D49E6 #BB49E6 #E649C2

triadic

#BB49E6 #E6BB49 #49E6BB

tetradic

#BB49E6 #E66D49 #74E649 #49C2E6

square

#BB49E6 #E66D49 #74E649 #49C2E6

split-complementary

#BB49E6 #C2E649 #49E66D

monochromatic

#79169F #A21DD5 #BB49E6 #CF7FED #E3B5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#BB49E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#BB49E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB49E6

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB49E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB49E6	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4582E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb49e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 73, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.236 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d484ef',
    500: '#bb49e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb49e6;
$custom-light: #d484ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb49e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.567,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62472,
    "c": 0.23632,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB49E6

secondary

#B8E4A7

accent

#F23569

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB49E6

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

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