#BB53AE#BB53AE

#BB53AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.173 H 332.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB53AE
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 174)
HSL	hsl(308, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(308, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.62, 53.54, -29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.62, 61.01, 331.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% 0.1534 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.173 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2267, 19.8095, 42.2151)
Luminance	0.1981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB53AE #53BB60

analogous

#9453BB #BB53AE #BB537A

triadic

#BB53AE #AEBB53 #53AEBB

tetradic

#BB53AE #BB9453 #53BB60 #537ABB

square

#BB53AE #BB9453 #53BB60 #537ABB

split-complementary

#BB53AE #7ABB53 #53BB94

monochromatic

#6A2A62 #963B8A #BB53AE #CC7FC3 #DEABD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#BB53AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#BB53AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB53AE

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB53AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB53AE	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5072B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F80AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb53ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.173 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d288c6',
    500: '#bb53ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb53ae;
$custom-light: #d288c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb53ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60515,
    "c": 0.17288,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB53AE

secondary

#9ECBA4

accent

#D36555

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB53AE

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

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