#BB4BD9#BB4BD9

#BB4BD9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.222 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4BD9
RGB	rgb(187, 75, 217)
HSL	hsl(287, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 65.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.52, 64.85, -52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.52, 83.50, 320.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% 0.1662 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.222 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5323, 20.6083, 67.7383)
Luminance	0.2061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4BD9 #69D94B

analogous

#744BD9 #BB4BD9 #D94BB0

triadic

#BB4BD9 #D9BB4B #4BD9BB

tetradic

#BB4BD9 #D9744B #69D94B #4BB0D9

square

#BB4BD9 #D9744B #69D94B #4BB0D9

split-complementary

#BB4BD9 #B0D94B #4BD974

monochromatic

#751E8C #9F28BF #BB4BD9 #CE7EE4 #E1B0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#BB4BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#BB4BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB4BD9

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB4BD9	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1576DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5281D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB658C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 75, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.222 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d385e5',
    500: '#bb4bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4bd9;
$custom-light: #d385e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.324,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61879,
    "c": 0.22204,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4BD9

secondary

#AFDDA3

accent

#E84063

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4BD9

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

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