#BB4AE1#BB4AE1

#BB4AE1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.231 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4AE1
RGB	rgb(187, 74, 225)
HSL	hsl(285, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(285, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 67.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.84, 66.81, -56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.84, 87.57, 319.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% 0.1669 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.231 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5308, 20.9000, 73.3294)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4AE1 #70E14A

analogous

#6F4AE1 #BB4AE1 #E14ABB

triadic

#BB4AE1 #E1BB4A #4AE1BB

tetradic

#BB4AE1 #E16F4A #70E14A #4ABBE1

square

#BB4AE1 #E16F4A #70E14A #4ABBE1

split-complementary

#BB4AE1 #BBE14A #4AE16F

monochromatic

#781997 #A122CC #BB4AE1 #CF7EEA #E2B3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#BB4AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#BB4AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB4AE1

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB4AE1	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B81DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 74, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.231 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d385eb',
    500: '#bb4ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4ae1;
$custom-light: #d385eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.901,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62262,
    "c": 0.23056,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4AE1

secondary

#B5E1A6

accent

#EE3967

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4AE1

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

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