#BB53B2#BB53B2

#BB53B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.176 H 330.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB53B2
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 178)
HSL	hsl(305, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(305, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 4.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.80, 54.22, -31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.80, 62.60, 330.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% 0.154 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.176 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6225, 19.9678, 44.2994)
Luminance	0.1997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB53B2 #53BB5C

analogous

#9053BB #BB53B2 #BB537E

triadic

#BB53B2 #B2BB53 #53B2BB

tetradic

#BB53B2 #BB9053 #53BB5C #537EBB

square

#BB53B2 #BB9053 #53BB5C #537EBB

split-complementary

#BB53B2 #7EBB53 #53BB90

monochromatic

#6A2A64 #963B8E #BB53B2 #CC7FC6 #DEABD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#BB53B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#BB53B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB53B2

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB53B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB53B2	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)

#4E72B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E81AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb53b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.176 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d288c9',
    500: '#bb53b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb53b2;
$custom-light: #d288c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb53b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.192,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60706,
    "c": 0.17621,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB53B2

secondary

#9ECBA2

accent

#D36055

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB53B2

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

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