#BB53AA#BB53AA

#BB53AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.170 H 334.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB53AA
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 170)
HSL	hsl(310, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(310, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 9.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.45, 52.88, -27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.45, 59.45, 332.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% 0.1527 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.17 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8426, 19.6558, 40.1919)
Luminance	0.1965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB53AA #53BB64

analogous

#9853BB #BB53AA #BB5376

triadic

#BB53AA #AABB53 #53AABB

tetradic

#BB53AA #BB9853 #53BB64 #5376BB

square

#BB53AA #BB9853 #53BB64 #5376BB

split-complementary

#BB53AA #76BB53 #53BB98

monochromatic

#6A2A5F #963B87 #BB53AA #CC7FC0 #DEABD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#BB53AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#BB53AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB53AA

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB53AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB53AA	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5271AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7180A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb53aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.170 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d288c3',
    500: '#bb53aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb53aa;
$custom-light: #d288c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb53aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.808,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60329,
    "c": 0.16963,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB53AA

secondary

#9ECBA6

accent

#D36955

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C12

muted

#837D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB53AA

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

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