#BB4AE4#BB4AE4

#BB4AE4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.233 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4AE4
RGB	rgb(187, 74, 228)
HSL	hsl(284, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 67.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, 67.39, -58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 88.93, 319.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% 0.1667 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.233 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9437, 21.0651, 75.5037)
Luminance	0.2106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4AE4 #73E44A

analogous

#6E4AE4 #BB4AE4 #E44AC0

triadic

#BB4AE4 #E4BB4A #4AE4BB

tetradic

#BB4AE4 #E46E4A #73E44A #4AC0E4

square

#BB4AE4 #E46E4A #73E44A #4AC0E4

split-complementary

#BB4AE4 #C0E44A #4AE46E

monochromatic

#79179C #A21FD2 #BB4AE4 #CF7FEC #E3B5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#BB4AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#BB4AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB4AE4

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB4AE4	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)

#0078E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4882E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 74, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.233 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d385ed',
    500: '#bb4ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4ae4;
$custom-light: #d385ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.026,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62449,
    "c": 0.23328,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4AE4

secondary

#B7E3A7

accent

#F13769

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4AE4

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

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