#BB4AD5#BB4AD5

#BB4AD5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.220 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4AD5
RGB	rgb(187, 74, 213)
HSL	hsl(289, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(289, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 65.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, 64.51, -50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 82.19, 321.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% 0.1674 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.22 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9510, 20.2681, 65.0090)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4AD5 #64D54A

analogous

#764AD5 #BB4AD5 #D54AAA

triadic

#BB4AD5 #D5BB4A #4AD5BB

tetradic

#BB4AD5 #D5764A #64D54A #4AAAD5

square

#BB4AD5 #D5764A #64D54A #4AAAD5

split-complementary

#BB4AD5 #AAD54A #4AD576

monochromatic

#721F86 #9D2BB7 #BB4AD5 #CE7CE1 #E0ADEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#BB4AD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#BB4AD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB4AD5

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4AD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB4AD5	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C75D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5580D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4ad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 74, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.220 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d384e2',
    500: '#bb4ad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4ad5;
$custom-light: #d384e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4ad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.777,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61533,
    "c": 0.21974,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4AD5

secondary

#ABDAA1

accent

#E54261

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4AD5

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

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