#BB4BAB#BB4BAB

#BB4BAB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.183 H 333.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4BAB
RGB	rgb(187, 75, 171)
HSL	hsl(309, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(309, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.14, 56.69, -29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.14, 64.04, 332.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% 0.1635 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.183 333.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3604, 18.5395, 40.4996)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4BAB #4BBB5B

analogous

#934BBB #BB4BAB #BB4B73

triadic

#BB4BAB #ABBB4B #4BABBB

tetradic

#BB4BAB #BB934B #4BBB5B #4B73BB

square

#BB4BAB #BB934B #4BBB5B #4B73BB

split-complementary

#BB4BAB #73BB4B #4BBB93

monochromatic

#65265C #923785 #BB4BAB #CC77C0 #DDA4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BB4BAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BB4BAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB4BAB

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4BAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB4BAB	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#496DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4bab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 75, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.183 333.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d284c4',
    500: '#bb4bab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4bab;
$custom-light: #d284c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4bab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59387,
    "c": 0.18257,
    "h": 333.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4BAB

secondary

#98CA9F

accent

#D56653

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140B12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4BAB

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

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