#BB4BAE#BB4BAE

#BB4BAE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.185 H 332.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4BAE
RGB	rgb(187, 75, 174)
HSL	hsl(307, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(307, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.28, 57.18, -31.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.28, 65.20, 331.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% 0.1639 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.185 332.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6496, 18.6552, 42.0227)
Luminance	0.1865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4BAE #4BBB58

analogous

#904BBB #BB4BAE #BB4B76

triadic

#BB4BAE #AEBB4B #4BAEBB

tetradic

#BB4BAE #BB904B #4BBB58 #4B76BB

square

#BB4BAE #BB904B #4BBB58 #4B76BB

split-complementary

#BB4BAE #76BB4B #4BBB90

monochromatic

#65265E #923787 #BB4BAE #CC77C2 #DDA4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BB4BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BB4BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB4BAE

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB4BAE	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#476DB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 75, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.185 332.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d284c6',
    500: '#bb4bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4bae;
$custom-light: #d284c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.964,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59532,
    "c": 0.18494,
    "h": 332.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4BAE

secondary

#98CA9E

accent

#D56253

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4BAE

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

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