#BB53B1#BB53B1

#BB53B1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.175 H 331.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB53B1
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 177)
HSL	hsl(306, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(306, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 5.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.76, 54.05, -30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.76, 62.20, 330.33°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% 0.1539 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.175 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5224, 19.9277, 43.7726)
Luminance	0.1993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB53B1 #53BB5D

analogous

#9153BB #BB53B1 #BB537D

triadic

#BB53B1 #B1BB53 #53B1BB

tetradic

#BB53B1 #BB9153 #53BB5D #537DBB

square

#BB53B1 #BB9153 #53BB5D #537DBB

split-complementary

#BB53B1 #7DBB53 #53BB91

monochromatic

#6A2A64 #963B8D #BB53B1 #CC7FC5 #DEABD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#BB53B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#BB53B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB53B1

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB53B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB53B1	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E72B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E81AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb53b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.175 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d288c8',
    500: '#bb53b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb53b1;
$custom-light: #d288c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb53b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.769,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60658,
    "c": 0.17538,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB53B1

secondary

#9ECBA3

accent

#D36155

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB53B1

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

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