#BB53AB#BB53AB

#BB53AB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.170 H 333.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB53AB
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 171)
HSL	hsl(309, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(309, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.49, 53.04, -27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.49, 59.84, 332.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.38% 0.1529 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(60.38% 0.17 333.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9375, 19.6938, 40.6920)
Luminance	0.1969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB53AB #53BB63

analogous

#9753BB #BB53AB #BB5377

triadic

#BB53AB #ABBB53 #53ABBB

tetradic

#BB53AB #BB9753 #53BB63 #5377BB

square

#BB53AB #BB9753 #53BB63 #5377BB

split-complementary

#BB53AB #77BB53 #53BB97

monochromatic

#6A2A60 #963B88 #BB53AB #CC7FC0 #DEABD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#BB53AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#BB53AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB53AB

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB53AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB53AB	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5171AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7180A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb53ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.170 333.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d288c4',
    500: '#bb53ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb53ab;
$custom-light: #d288c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb53ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.231,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60375,
    "c": 0.17044,
    "h": 333.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB53AB

secondary

#9ECBA5

accent

#D36855

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C12

muted

#837D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB53AB

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

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