#BB4AD9#BB4AD9

#BB4AD9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.223 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4AD9
RGB	rgb(187, 74, 217)
HSL	hsl(287, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 65.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, 65.27, -52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 83.98, 321.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% 0.1673 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.223 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4650, 20.4737, 67.7159)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4AD9 #68D94A

analogous

#744AD9 #BB4AD9 #D94AAF

triadic

#BB4AD9 #D9BB4A #4AD9BB

tetradic

#BB4AD9 #D9744A #68D94A #4AAFD9

square

#BB4AD9 #D9744A #68D94A #4AAFD9

split-complementary

#BB4AD9 #AFD94A #4AD974

monochromatic

#741D8B #9E28BE #BB4AD9 #CE7DE4 #E1AFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#BB4AD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#BB4AD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB4AD9

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4AD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB4AD9	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1176DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5181D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB648C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4ad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 74, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.223 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d385e5',
    500: '#bb4ad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4ad9;
$custom-light: #d385e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4ad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.413,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61772,
    "c": 0.22333,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4AD9

secondary

#AFDCA2

accent

#E84063

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4AD9

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

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