#BB4BE3#BB4BE3

#BB4BE3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.231 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4BE3
RGB	rgb(187, 75, 227)
HSL	hsl(284, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 67%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, 66.79, -57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 88.01, 319.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% 0.1658 -0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.231 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8726, 21.1444, 74.7971)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4BE3 #73E34B

analogous

#6F4BE3 #BB4BE3 #E34BBF

triadic

#BB4BE3 #E3BB4B #4BE3BB

tetradic

#BB4BE3 #E36F4B #73E34B #4BBFE3

square

#BB4BE3 #E36F4B #73E34B #4BBFE3

split-complementary

#BB4BE3 #BFE34B #4BE36F

monochromatic

#79189B #A220D0 #BB4BE3 #CF80EB #E3B5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#BB4BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#BB4BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB4BE3

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB4BE3	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A82DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 75, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.231 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d385ec',
    500: '#bb4be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4be3;
$custom-light: #d385ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.211,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62492,
    "c": 0.23114,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4BE3

secondary

#B7E3A7

accent

#F03868

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4BE3

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

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